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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
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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]
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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]