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1
[VERB 动词]毁掉;毁坏;损坏 To wreck something means to completely destroy or ruin it.
  [V n]
  [V-ed]
  • 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

wrecker
  • They 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。

2
[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

3
[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。

4
[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
5
[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。


Oxford wreck / rek ; NAmE rek /
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verb
wreck wrecks wrecked wrecking
noun 1 a ship that has sunk or that has been very badly damaged 沉船;严重损毁的船 see also
shipwreck
2 a car, plane, etc. that has been very badly damaged in an accident (事故中)遭严重毁坏的汽车(或飞机等) Two passengers are still trapped in the wreck. 有两名乘客仍被困在失事的车辆里。 synonyms at
crash
3 [usually singular ] ( informal) a person who is in a bad physical or mental condition (身体或精神上)受到严重损伤的人 Physically, I was a total wreck. 从身体上说,我完全是一个废人。 The interview reduced him to a nervous wreck. 这次面试使得他的精神高度紧张。 4 ( informal) a vehicle, building, etc. that is in very bad condition 状况非常糟糕的车辆(或建筑物等) The house was a wreck when we bought it. 我们买下这座房子时,它破烂不堪。 ( figurative) They still hoped to salvage something from the wreck of their marriage. 他们仍然希望从他们破碎的婚姻中挽回点什么。 5 ( NAmE) =
crash
n.  (1 )
a car/train wreck 汽车╱火车失事
verb 1 wrecksth to damage or destroy sth 破坏;损坏;毁坏 The building had been wrecked by the explosion. 那座楼房被炸毁了。 The road was littered with wrecked cars. 公路上到处都是被撞坏的汽车。 2 wrecksth (for sb) to spoil sth completely 毁灭;毁掉 The weather wrecked all our plans. 天气把我们的计划全都毁了。 A serious injury nearly wrecked his career. 一次重伤差点儿葬送了他的前程。 3 [usually passive ] wrecksth to damage a ship so much that it sinks or can no longer sail 使(船舶)失事;使遇难;使下沉 The ship was wrecked off the coast of France. 那艘船在法国的沿岸失事。 see also
shipwreck
wreck / rek ; NAmE rek /
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wreck1 verb
wreck2 noun
wreckwreck1 /rek/ ●●○ verb [transitive]
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1to completely spoil something so that it cannot continue in a successful way SYN  ruin:  Injury threatened to wreck his sporting career. It was drink that wrecked their marriage.2to damage something such as a building or vehicle so badly that it cannot be repaired:  The car was completely wrecked in the accident. see thesaurus at
destroy
3if a ship is wrecked, it is badly damaged and sinks SYN  shipwreck:  The ship was wrecked off the coast of Africa.
wreck1 verb
wreck2 noun
wreckwreck2 ●●○ noun [countable]
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1car/plane a car, plane, or train that has been damaged very badly, especially in a crash:  He was still alive when they pulled him from the wreck. see thesaurus at
accident
2ship a ship that has sunk SYN  shipwreckwreck of Divers discovered the wreck of an old German warship.3person informal someone who is very nervous, tired, or unhealthy:  He looked a complete wreck.nervous/emotional wreck The attack had left her an emotional wreck.4accident American English an accident involving cars or other vehicles SYN  crashcar/train/plane wreck My father died in a car wreck.5place a place that is very untidy:  When you’re here, this place is a wreck!6old car informal an old car that is in a very bad condition
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wreck

[rek]wrecked, wrecking, wrecks

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Spoken:

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wrecked[4029] wrecking[1685] wrecks[870]
残骸(49%),破坏(39%),遇难(10%),使…失事(1%),使…遇难(1%)
n.破坏;失事;残骸;失去健康的人
vt.破坏;使失事;拆毁
vi.失事;营救失事船只

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