学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2887 ride out

今天我们要学的词组是ride out。Ride out，意思是安全度过。People who rode out Hurricane Harvey in devastated¹ Rockport, Texas, described how their houses felt like they were breathing. 那些在满目苍夷的德州罗克伯特市安全度过飓风哈维的人们，描述了当时他们的房子是如何感觉好像在呼吸一样的。Donie Hatcher-Walters and her family live near Galveston, Texas, and decided² to stay home and ride out Hurricane Harvey there. 多尼·哈彻-沃尔特斯和她的家人住在德克萨斯州加尔维斯顿附近，他们决定留守在家里，来安全度过飓风哈维。好的，我们今天学习的词组是ride out, ride out, ride out...
 

1 devastated   

v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的

参考例句：

• The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
• His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。