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

• 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。
• Using underwater blasting to demolish the wrack in the waterway is a rapid, effective and economical means.
  水下爆破沉船清理航道是一种快速、有效、经济的手段。
• 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。
• In this way, marine search and rescue personnel could find location of the wrack as soon as possible, so that the searching time-consumption can be reduced effectively and casualties as well as property damage also be decreased.
  这样，海事搜救人员就能够尽早确定遇险船舶位置，使得搜救时间大为减少，从而有效地减少海难事故的造成的人员伤亡和财产损失，提高了海事搜救的效率。
• Bring to wrack and ruin; bungle
  办事砸了锅
• The barn went to wrack and ruin after the farmer moved.
  那农夫搬走之后，谷仓就废弃了。
• Very little impolicy can bring wrack and ruin.
  任何一点闪失就会带来毁灭。
• Periodic crises wrack the capitalist system, and they grow in size and duration.
  周期性的危机破坏着资本主义制度，这种危机的规模在扩大，时间在延长。
• 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。
• Atmospheric tide; the tides that wrack saturn's moons.
  大气潮；破坏土星卫星的应力。