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[VERB 动词]毁掉；毁坏；损坏 To
wreck something means to completely destroy or ruin it.
He wrecked the garden...
他毁掉了花园。
A coalition could have defeated the government and wrecked the treaty...
联盟本来可以击败政府并毁掉该条约的。
His life has been wrecked by the tragedy.
他的生活被这场灾难毁掉了。
...missed promotions, lost jobs, wrecked marriages.
错过的提升机会，失去的工作，破裂的婚姻
wreckerThey may be remembered as the wreckers of a fine company.
他们也许会因为搞垮一家好公司而留下恶名。
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[VERB 动词]使(船舶)失事；使遇难 If a ship
is wrecked, it is damaged so much that it sinks or can no longer sail.
[be V-ed]
[V-ed]
[usu passive]
The ship was wrecked by an explosion.
这艘船被炸毁了。
...a wrecked cargo ship.
失事的货船
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]失事的船只(或汽车、飞机)；损毁的建筑 A
wreck is something such as a ship, car, plane, or building which has been destroyed, usually in an accident.
...the wreck of a sailing ship...
帆船的残骸
The car was a total wreck...
这辆车完全报废了。
We thought of buying the house as a wreck, doing it up, then selling it.
我们想过把这栋房子当作废弃建筑买下来，修缮一下，然后再卖掉。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]车祸；交通事故 A
wreck is an accident in which a moving vehicle hits something and is damaged or destroyed.
[usu supp N]
[mainly AM 主美]
He was killed in a car wreck.
他在一场车祸中丧生。
...the little girl that survived that plane wreck...
在空难中幸存的小女孩
What would he tell his parents if he had a wreck?
如果他出了事故，他怎么向他的父母交代？
in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 crash
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:nervous wreck
；
精疲力竭的人；身体状况极差的人 If you say that someone is a
wreck, you mean that they are very exhausted or unhealthy.
[usu sing]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
You look a wreck...
你看起来身体很糟糕。
It was embarrassing and sad to see this man reduced to a mumbling wreck.
看见这个人变得口齿不清、弱不禁风，真是让人既难堪又悲哀。