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单词 wreak
释义
wreak
verb[T]
formal
uk
/riːk/us
/riːk/
tocausesomething tohappenin aviolentand oftenuncontrolledway:
造成，引起（灾祸等）
Therecentstormshave wreakedhavoconcrops.最近的暴风雨给农作物造成了巨大的灾害。
She wasdeterminedto wreakrevenge/vengeanceon both him and hisfamily.她决心要报复他和他的家人。
Synonyms
bring
cause
inflict
visitsomethingon/uponsomeoneold useorformal
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(Definition ofwreakfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

wreak| American Dictionary

wreak
verb[T]
us
/rik/
past tense and past participlewreakedorwroughtus/rɔt/
tocausesomething tohappenin aviolentway:
Uncontrolledfinancialmarketscontinueto wreak onedisasterafter another.
Changes in theclimatehave wreaked/wroughthavocwith the region’susualweatherpattern.
(Definition ofwreakfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwreak

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Alarmists feared that the world's population explosion wouldwreakenvironmental and economic havoc.
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On the other hand, because the parliamentary majorities of the coalitions have not been large, small regional parties canwreakhavoc.
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In particular, it allowed its soldiers towreakhavoc on civilians during military operations.
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Consequently, the political arena has been left dominated by a few who have wreaked total havoc on the country.
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The central political purpose of conventional warfare is towreakas much devastation as possible to force opponents to submit.
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The advent of modern travel has wreaked further havoc on the appropriate preposition.
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This can onlywreakhavoc on the ear and the mechanism of ear- finger interaction which a good player has spent decades developing.
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Beyond family symptoms, personal symptoms of disorder, even at subsyndromal levels, are likely towreakhavoc.
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An emotion with potentially more power towreakhavoc and cause harm than any other was that of anger.
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Obviously, the less one believed in ancestral spirits, the less one had reason to fear that the ancestor collective would return towreakany vengeance.
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For the past year, she had required nightly home dialysis sessions, but the cancer continued towreakhavoc.
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Regardless of its efficacy, the policy wreaks havoc on the civilian population.
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Hazardous in and of themselves, the fluids that emerged from the female body couldwreakhavoc in the world.
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Uthlakanyana goes on towreakhavoc throughout society, tricking and out-maneuvering everyone.
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Mudie was determined towreakhis revenge on his tory tormentors.
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