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

• Italian news reports said the same weather system causing chaos in Venice was wreaking havoc elsewhere in north and central Italy, with some 200 people evacuated from their homes in hard-hit Tuscany.
  意大利新闻报道说，让威尼斯城一团混乱的气象系统同样在意大利北部和中部肆虐，在受灾严重的托斯卡纳区，已有大约200人撤离家园。
• My eyes kept returning to a blue kite that had been wreaking havoc for the last hour.
  我的眼光转向一只蓝风筝，在过去那个钟头里面，它大开杀戒。
• 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。
• The divergence, which is wreaking havoc among energy investors and traders, prompted Saudi Arabia two years ago to drop WTI as its benchmark for pricing oil to customers in the US.
  这种偏离给能源投资者和交易员造成了极大干扰，促使沙特在两年前决定，不再把wti当作其面向美国客户的原油定价基准。
• As the recycled cabin air dries the mucus in our nasal passages, our sense of smell diminishes, wreaking havoc with our olfactory appreciation.
  由于机舱内的循环空气让我们鼻道中的黏液变干，我们的嗅觉会随之变弱，对气味的辨识会因此遭到破坏。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• One plasticiser, known as DEHP, is a possible carcinogen, and thought capable of wreaking havoc with children's reproductive organs.
  塑化剂中被了解的如邻苯二甲酸，是一种可能性的致癌物质，并且对孩子的生殖器官有危害。
• 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。