wreak

wreak
verb
  1. [with obj.]cause (a large amount of damage or harm)
    大量造成（破坏，伤害）
    torrential rainstorms wreaked havoc yesterday.
    昨天暴雨造成严重破坏。
    the environmental damage wreaked by ninety years of phosphate mining.
    90年磷酸盐开采造成的环境破坏。
    ■inflict (vengeance)
    施行（报复）
    he was determined to wreak his revenge on the girl who had rejected him.
    他决定报复那个拒绝他的女孩。
    ■(archaic)avenge (someone who has been wronged)
    (古)报复
    grant me some knight to wreak me for my son.
    给我某个骑士吧，让我为我的儿子报仇。
派生
wreaker
noun
语源
  1. Old English wrecan 'drive (out), avenge', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wreken and German rächen; compare with wrack, wreck, and wretch
用法
  1. In the phrase wrought havoc, as in they wrought havoc on the countrysidewrought is an archaic past tense of work and is not, as is sometimes assumed, a past tense of wreak
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