havoc

英 [ˈhævək]

美 [ˈhævək]

n.  灾害; 祸患; 浩劫
vi.  严重破坏; 毁灭损毁

复数：havocs　

IELTSGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.11169 / COCA.9540

牛津词典

noun

• 灾害；祸患；浩劫
  a situation in which there is a lot of damage, destruction or confusion
  1. The floods caused havoc throughout the area.
     洪水给整个地区带来了灾害。
  2. Continuing strikes are beginning to play havoc with the national economy.
     持续的罢工开始严重破坏国家经济。
  3. These insects can wreak havoc on crops.
     这些昆虫可严重危害农作物。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 大破坏;大毁坏;大混乱
  Havocis great disorder, and confusion.
  1. Rioters caused havoc in the centre of the town.
     暴乱分子在市中心制造了极大混乱。
• PHRASE 给…造成混乱（或破坏）
  If one thingplays havoc withanother orwreaks havoc onit, it prevents it from continuing or functioning as normal, or damages it.
  1. Drug addiction soon played havoc with his career...
     毒瘾很快就毁掉了他的事业。
  2. The weather played havoc with airline schedules...
     天气打乱了航空公司的航班安排。
  3. Stress can wreak havoc on the immune system.
     压力可能会破坏免疫系统。

英英释义

noun

• violent and needless disturbance
  Synonym:mayhem

双语例句

• The sudden onset of winter caused havoc with rail and air transport
  冬天的突然降临让铁路和航空运输系统陷入混乱。
• The weather played havoc with airline schedules
  天气打乱了航空公司的航班安排。
• Deathwing waited for ten thousand years, causing a lot of earth-related havoc in the meantime.
  死亡之翼等待了一万年，期间造成了许多与大地有关的破坏。
• The monkey king caused havoc in heaven.
  孙悟空大闹天宫。
• If I accept a malicious piece of code that wreaks havoc on my computer, whose fault is it?
  如果我接受了一段恶意代码，其破坏了我的计算机，那又是谁的错呢？
• The earthquake caused terrible havoc.
  那次地震造成了可怕的毁坏。
• Experienced chaos caused by war of ten years, the national economy of Kampuchea suffers extremely havoc.
  经历了十几年的战乱，柬埔寨的国民经济遭到极大破坏。
• One incident of BSE in Canada was sufficient to close all borders and create havoc in the industry.
  只要一个加拿大疯牛病事件就足够关闭所有的边境，对行业造成大破坏。
• This concentration of airborne firepower wrought havoc with the enemy forces.
  这次机载火力的集中攻击给敌军造成很大破坏。
• The rain only lasted half an hour, but caused traffic jams and havoc for pedestrians and commuters.
  这场雨只持续了半个小时，但却造成了交通阻塞、瘫痪，影响了行人和通勤者。