wreak

英 [riːk]

美 [riːk]

v.  造成(巨大的破坏或伤害)

过去分词：wreaked　现在分词：wreaking　过去式：wreaked　第三人称单数：wreaks　

GRE法律

Collins.1 / BNC.13981 / COCA.11385

牛津词典

verb

• 造成（巨大的破坏或伤害）
  to do great damage or harm to sb/sth
  1. Their policies would wreak havoc on the economy.
     他们的政策将对经济造成巨大的破坏。
  2. He swore to wreak vengeance on those who had betrayed him.
     他发誓要对背叛他的人进行报复。

柯林斯词典

The form wrought can also be used as the past participle. 过去分词亦可使用wrought。


• VERB 造成(混乱或破坏)
  Something or someone thatwreakshavoc or destruction causes a great amount of disorder or damage.
  1. Violent storms wreaked havoc on the French Riviera, leaving three people dead and dozens injured...
     猛烈的暴风雨给法国里维埃拉地区造成了极大的破坏，致使三人死亡，数十人受伤。
  2. The mountains are studded with dams, any one of which could wreak destruction in the valley below.
     山区到处都是大坝，其中任何一个都可能给下面的山谷带来灭顶之灾。
  3. ...the devastation wrought by a decade of fighting.
     十年战事造成的严重破坏
• VERB 实施(报复)
  If youwreakrevenge or vengeance on someone, you do something that will harm them very much to punish them for the harm they have done to you.
  1. He threatened to wreak vengeance on the men who toppled him a year ago.
     他威胁要对一年前扳倒他的人进行报复。
• See also:wrought

英英释义

verb

• cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
  1. I cannot work a miracle
  2. wreak havoc
  3. bring comments
  4. play a joke
  5. The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area
  Synonym:bringworkplaymake for

双语例句

• Timid people always wreak their peevishness on the gentle.
  怯懦的人总是把满腹牢骚向温和的人发泄。
• Stress is internal, which explains why it can wreak havoc on your health.
  压力是内在的，这就是为什么它会严重损害身体健康。
• The wind will wreak havoc on my garden.
  大风将摧毁我的花园。
• No wonder human journalists have started writing about the economic damage the robots may wreak.
  难怪记者们已开始撰写关于机器人可能造成经济损害的报道。
• He threatened to wreak vengeance on the men who toppled him a year ago.
  他威胁要对一年前扳倒他的人进行报复。
• If it's a real threat, the high winds alone will wreak havoc.
  这的确是个威胁，这么强烈的风会带来很大的破坏。
• She is determined to wreak vengeance on those who killed her cousin.
  她决心要向杀害表妹的凶手报仇。
• There are new fun elements and surprises in the game, including dragons that ( you guessed it) breathe fire and wreak havoc on the cauldrons!
  有新的乐趣和惊喜的元素在游戏中，包括小龙（你猜对了）呼吸火灾肆虐破坏的大锅！
• This "workaround" circumvents security and allows malicious code to wreak havoc with restricted resources.
  这种“变通”规避了安全机制，让恶意代码得以对受限资源造成重大破坏。
• Once a hacker gains access to the password, he can wreak havoc, steal your identity, destroy your credit, ruin your relationships and expose your secrets.
  一旦黑客拿到这个密码，他可以大搞破坏，冒名顶替，破坏你的信用，毁了你和他人的关系和曝光你的隐私。