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Wreak Riːk Havoc Vengeance Harm Verb Wrought 动词

Wreak is a verb meaning to cause great disorder or damage, or to inflict revenge or vengeance on someone.

wreak是一个动词,表示造成巨大的混乱或破坏,或对某人实施报复。

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/ri͟ːk/
The form wrought can also be used as the past participle. 过去分词亦可使用wrought。
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[VERB 动词]造成(混乱或破坏) Something or someone that wreaks havoc or destruction causes a great amount of disorder or damage.
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  • 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。

  • 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。

  • ...the devastation wrought by a decade of fighting.

    十年战事造成的严重破坏

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[VERB 动词]实施(报复) If you wreak revenge or vengeance on someone, you do something that will harm them very much to punish them for the harm they have done to you.
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  [JOURNALISM or LITERARY 新闻或文]
  • 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。

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See also:
wrought

    Oxford wreak / riːk ; NAmE riːk / verb wreaksth (on sb) ( formal) to do great damage or harm to sb/sth 造成(巨大的破坏或伤害) Their policies would wreak havocon the economy. 他们的政策将对经济造成巨大的破坏。 He swore to wreak vengeanceon those who had betrayed him. 他发誓要对背叛他的人进行报复。 wreak wreaks wreaked wreaking wreak / riːk ; NAmE riːk /
    LDC
    wreakwreak /riːk/ verb
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    1 wreak havoc/mayhem/destruction (on something) to cause a lot of damage or problems:  These policies have wreaked havoc on the British economy.2wreak revenge/vengeance (on somebody) formal to do something unpleasant to someone to punish them for something they have done to you:  He promised to wreak vengeance on those who had betrayed him.
    WDF

    wreak

    [ri:k]wreaked, wreaking, wreaks

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    VERB13023
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    Spoken:

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    wreaked[228] wreaking[391]
    发泄(100%)
    vt.发泄;报仇;造成(巨大的破坏或伤害)

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