wreaking
present participle ofwreak
| 单词 | wreaking |
| 释义 | wreaking present participle ofwreak wreak verb[T] formaluk/riːk/us/riːk/tocausesomething tohappenin aviolentand oftenuncontrolledway: Therecentstormshave wreakedhavoconcrops. She wasdeterminedto wreakrevenge/vengeanceon both him and hisfamily. Synonyms bring cause inflict visitsomethingon/uponsomeoneold useorformal Causing things to happen
Examplesofwreakingwreaking In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. It will prevent one spouse fromwreakingvengeance on the other by refusing to bring proceedings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Above all, it assumes that a local electorate would tolerate high local taxation policies withoutwreakingelectoral vengeance on their perpetrators. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Even low levels of exposure to radiation could be poisoning the human gene pool,wreakingdamage on future generations. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Unfortunately, the selfishness in society iswreakinghavoc on the life chances of the young. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I can give a list of about 20 other policies which arewreakingtheir worst. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I would also like to highlight the new eating disorders which arewreakinghavoc among adolescents. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English We have no intention ofwreakinghavoc with the family budgets of those who are buying their own homes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be wrong for society to assuage its fears bywreakingvengeance in hastily convened courts handing out stiffer sentences. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The decimation of the industry iswreakinghavoc not only on communities but on the economy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Two violent mobs were eachwreakingtheir vengeance upon the most innocent members of the opposite party, whoever else might be to blame. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 With regard to industry, the divisive and unfair policies of a wages free-for-all arewreakingtheir damage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Such companies arewreakinghavoc as they are not properly reinstating the pavements and roads that they have dug up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 At the next general election the electorate will certainly enjoywreakingtheir vengeance on a party that is unwilling to reform the rating system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That evil role model iswreakinghavoc on the younger males and totally distorts the aspirations of some of the young men in our communities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They also stray into shopping streets and residential areas,wreakinghavoc with the lawns and flower beds of the citizens. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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