A chronic drought is ravaging farmland .

一场长期的干旱正肆虐着农田。

In practical terms , because its financial system is far less exposed to the debt problems now ravaging the west , china simply will suffer less real economic damage .

实际上，由于中国金融体系受目前肆虐西方的债务问题冲击小得多，中国在实体经济上遭受的损害较小。

By agreeing to eventually step down , mr. berlusconi is likely to become the highest-profile political victim of the euro-zone crisis that has been ravaging the continent for the past two years .

贝卢斯科尼同意最终下台，这可能会让他成为过去两年肆虐欧洲大陆的欧元区危机中最知名的政治牺牲品。

Such trends may not have any relevance to the malaria parasites that infect humans . But avian malaria is already ravaging the native birds of hawaii and it is now wreaking havoc in new zealand , says dr garamszegi .

此类趋势或许对感染人类的疟疾寄生虫毫无关联，不过，高劳姆塞吉博士说，禽疟已经开始蹂躏夏威夷夷的本地禽类，现正在新西兰肆虐。

But in new york in the early 1980s a mysterious illness was suddenly ravaging these men .

不过在上世纪80年代的纽约，一种神秘的疾病摧残了这些人。