wreaking

英 [ˈriːkɪŋ]

美 [ˈriːkɪŋ]

v.  造成(巨大的破坏或伤害)
wreak的现在分词

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

双语例句

• Despite wreaking havoc in the Northeast states and devastating hundreds of businesses, Hurricane Sandy's impact on jobs appears to have been minimal.
  虽然飓风Sandy对美国东北部的一些州带来了严重破坏，并对数以百计的商店造成了毁灭性打击，但是其对就业的影响看起来只是微乎其微。
• During the Viking Age, the land that now makes up Denmark, Norway and Sweden was a patchwork of chieftain-led tribes that often fought against each other& when they weren't busy wreaking havoc on foreign shores, that is.
  在维京人时期，现在丹麦、挪威和瑞典组成的地域是由各个酋长领导的部落组成，当他们不再忙于在外国海岸烧杀抢夺时，他们就会相互入侵。
• It says that the virus is wreaking social and economic havoc on the worst affected nations.
  报告说，在感染最严重的国家，艾滋病病毒正在造成一场社会和经济大灾难。
• The leader of the coffee giant says US political leaders have created a "crisis of confidence" with their political wrangling that is wreaking havoc on the economy.
  这位领导咖啡王国的巨人说，政治领袖已因政治恶斗，引发一股「信心危机」，造成经济上的严重破坏。
• US magazine executives call the habit the "mobile blinder" after the vision-narrowing headgear worn by racehorses and say the trend is wreaking havoc on the industry.
  美国杂志高管将这种习惯称为“移动眼罩”，取自给赛马佩戴的用于缩窄视野的眼罩，他们表示，这一趋势正对该行业造成严重影响。
• One plasticiser, known as DEHP, is a possible carcinogen, and thought capable of wreaking havoc with children's reproductive organs.
  塑化剂中被了解的如邻苯二甲酸，是一种可能性的致癌物质，并且对孩子的生殖器官有危害。
• The cost of preserving highly leveraged financial behemoths still has the potential to bankrupt governments and debauch their currencies, wreaking yet more damage to their economies.
  保留高杠杆率的金融巨擘，仍有可能让政府破产，本币贬值，对本国经济造成更大的破坏。
• It is "wreaking havoc on private lives and taking a toll on health and well-being", the research warns.
  调查报告中说：这种工作严重危害了个人的生活质量、健康状况和家庭幸福。
• But one university psychologist has warned this is wreaking havoc with our self-image and undermining our sense of self-worth.
  但是一位大学心理学家警告说，这种名人崇拜将会严重干扰我们对自我形象的认识、破坏我们的自我价值感。
• In one Beijing theater, moviegoers hoping to see the tale of a 19th-century former slave wreaking bloody vengeance across the American South saw only moments of the film before the lights came back on.
  在北京的一家影院，影迷原本希望看到一名获得自由的奴隶在美国南方展开血腥报复的故事，结果才看了几个镜头影院的灯就亮了。