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

• Agricultural prices were also surging, as El Nino was wreaking havoc with ocean currents.
  一边是厄尔尼诺在海上肆虐引起破坏性洋流，一边是陆地上农产品价格暴涨。
• 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。
• The rejection of US dollar deposits has become so widespread that smaller local banks in Hong Kong are being forced to go into the wholesale market to procure dollars, wreaking havoc with their finances.
  排斥美元存款的现象已经变得非常普遍，以致香港本土的一些小银行正被迫从批发市场买进美元，这给他们的财务状况带来了灾难。
• 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。
• 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。
• Yet the physical changes that go with affluence destroy the habitats of migratory shorebirds and seabirds, wreaking havoc on their numbers along the crucial East Asian-Australasian flyway.
  然而经济发展带来的环境恶化破坏了migratoryshorebirdsandseabirds的生存环境，在东亚-澳洲的主要迁徙路线上，这些鸟类数量锐减。这句话没有并列关系。
• 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。
• Fraud on letter of credit is becoming ever-increasingly rampant with China's entry into the World Trade of Organization and is wreaking devastating of havoc on normal international trade.
  信用证诈骗随着我国加入世界贸易组织而日益猖獗，对国际问的正常贸易产生极其严重的破坏。
• Your co-worker or manager may have personal issues that are wreaking havoc at work.
  你的同事、经理可能拥有给工作造成了巨大破坏的个人事情。
• 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。