ravage
单词辨析：
强调程度，指完全毁掉，用于具体的事物时，指该事物虽然被毁坏，但依然存在。
The illness has ruined his career.
这个病毁掉了他的事业。
The bad weather ruined their picnic.
恶劣的天气毁掉了他们的野餐。
The rain ruined her newly cut hair.
这场雨毁了她新剪的头发。
强调程度严重，通常用被动语态。
People lived a hard life as the country had been ravaged by civil war.
该国由于内战满目疮痍，人们生活非常艰难。
His health was gradually ravaged by excessive drinking.
由于酗酒，他的身体渐渐垮了。
指使某物的优良特性或特征不复存在，但此物依然存在，语气没有ruin 强。
The whole scenic spot is spoiled by litter.
整个景区环境都被垃圾破坏了。
Don't let the incident spoil our party.
别让这件事毁了我们的聚会。
相关例句：
The HIV virus, which causes AIDS, continues to ravage Africa and parts of Asia.
引发艾滋病的艾滋病毒（人类免疫缺陷病毒）继续肆虐非洲和亚洲部分地区。
Welfare reform did not ravage the poor.
福利改革没有掠夺穷人。
The Mongols defeat a Polish and Teutonic army, but do not ravage Western Europe.
蒙古人击败了波兰和土耳其人的军队，但是没有蹂躏西欧。
The darkness and ravage ruled the city.
之后黑暗和毁坏笼罩了城市。
Again and again they returned to plunder and ravage, to seize everything of value.
为了攫取一切有价值的东西，他们一次又一次地回来蹂躏抢劫。
Genesis warns that after seven years of plenty, seven years of famine will come . . . and the famine will ravage the land.
《创世纪》曾警告，在七个丰年之后，随后又要迎来七个荒年，全地必被饥荒所灭。