Action to restore appropriate price incentives, notably through corrective carbon pricing, is urgently needed to lower the risk of irreversible and potentially devastating effects of climate change.
出自-2017年6月閱讀原文
柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典釋義
VERB
毀壞;破壞;摧毀;蹂躪
If something devastates an area or a place, it damages it very badly or destroys it totally.