wrack

英 [ræk]

美 [ræk]

n.  失事船只；破坏; 漂积海草
v.  严重伤害；遇难; 彻底破坏

过去分词：wracked　现在分词：wracking　过去式：wracked　复数：wracks　第三人称单数：wracks　

BNC.23271 / COCA.18410

英英释义

noun

• dried seaweed especially that cast ashore
• growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp
  Synonym:sea wrack
• the destruction or collapse of something
  1. wrack and ruin
  Synonym:rack

verb

• smash or break forcefully
  1. The kid busted up the car
  Synonym:bust upwreck

双语例句

• Very little impolicy can bring wrack and ruin.
  任何一点闪失就会带来毁灭。
• The consequence of desperation to develop is exhaustion of resources and deterioration of environment which lead the mankind to wrack and ruin and lead the economy to back up.
  不顾一切发展经济的后果是人类赖以生存、经济赖以持续发展的资源的耗竭和环境的恶化。
• The sky turns black; two-headed calves are born; famine and deprivation wrack the land.
  天空变暗；双头小牛出生；饥荒和穷苦肆虐大地。
• The wrack of the city was still hot from the fire.
  这城市的残骸，仍因火灾还是热的。
• His breath reeked of tobacco. The wrack had begun to stink as it rotted in the sun.
  他口中带有烟草的臭味.海草残骸在阳光下腐烂，开始变臭了。
• The barn went to wrack and ruin after the farmer moved.
  那农夫搬走之后，谷仓就废弃了。
• The Guardian article says this is how FIFA operates: Helicopter into a country, enjoy tax-exempt status, wrack up revenue from corporate sponsors and broadcasters, then take off to the next destination.
  《卫报》报道中称其运营方式为坐着直升机到一个国家，享受免税身份，从赞助商和广播公司那里大捞一笔，然后转战下一个地方。
• Facilitation of Phragmites australis Growth by Wrack Disturbance in High Salt Marsh in the Yellow River Estuary, China
  植物残体干扰对黄河河口高潮滩盐沼芦苇生长的促进作用
• For Chinese parents who wrack their brains thinking of ways to send their kids to top universities, a recently released wealth list may make them think twice.
  对于那些绞尽脑汁想把孩子送往顶尖大学的中国父母来说，近期公布的一项财富排行表可能会让他们对此进行重新考虑。
• Marketers wrack their brains and develop expensive advertising campaigns solely designed to get prospects to focus on their offers.
  开发一种系统的交叉销售方式能用相对低的费用和努力带来额外的收入。