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单词 havoc
释义
havoc
noun[U]
uk
/ˈhæv.ək/us
/ˈhæv.ək/
confusionandlackoforder,especiallycausingdamageortrouble:
破坏，毁坏；混乱
Thestormwreaked(=caused)havoc in thegarden,uprootingtreesandblowingafencedown.风暴毁坏了花园，树被连根拔起，一排围栏也被刮倒了。
Thedelayplayed(=caused)havocwiththeirtravelarrangements.误点打乱了他们的旅行安排。
Synonym
mayhem
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Confusion, confusing and feeling confused
(Definition ofhavocfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

havoc| American Dictionary

havoc
noun[U]
us
/ˈhæv·ək/
confusionandlackoforderthatresultindamageortrouble:
Thestormcreatedcompletehavoc in thepark.
(Definition ofhavocfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhavoc

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Alarmists feared that the world's population explosion would wreak environmental and economichavoc.
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On the other hand, because the parliamentary majorities of the coalitions have not been large, small regional parties can wreakhavoc.
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In particular, it allowed its soldiers to wreakhavocon civilians during military operations.
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Certainly it causedhavocin the minds of people who we know were never compelled to take it.
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The working classes suffered the heaviest brunt of the economichavoc.
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Aside from all the external concerns, the time factor was playinghavocwith his normal working methodology.
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Consequently, the political arena has been left dominated by a few who have wreaked totalhavocon the country.
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The advent of modern travel has wreaked furtherhavocon the appropriate preposition.
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The mundane activity of their inhabitants, however, playshavocwith our established categories of thought.
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Mining activities have wreakedhavocon the environment, especially in relation to the diminution and contagion of water and wood used for burning fires.
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This can only wreakhavocon the ear and the mechanism of ear- finger interaction which a good player has spent decades developing.
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In the 19th century, modernization from above createdhavocin traditional society.
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For the private sector, we have bankruptcy regulations, which may be efficient for big firms, but createhavoceverywhere else.
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Ambushes often raisedhavocwith the theory of deployment found in the presumed order of battle.
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Beyond family symptoms, personal symptoms of disorder, even at subsyndromal levels, are likely to wreakhavoc.
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