英语词汇“wreak”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

wreak

(rēk)

tr.v. wreaked, wreak·ing, wreaks

1. To bring about (damage or destruction, for example): wreak havoc.

2. To inflict (vengeance or punishment) upon a person.

3. To give vent to or act upon (one's feelings): "He sought for some excuse to wreak his hatred upon Tarzan" (Edgar Rice Burroughs).

4. Archaic To take vengeance for; avenge.

[Middle English wreken, from Old English wrecan.]

Usage Note: Wreak is sometimes confused with wreck, perhaps because the wreaking of damage may leave a wreck: The storm wreaked (not wrecked ) havoc along the coast. The past tense and past participle of wreak is wreaked, not wrought, which is an alternative past tense and past participle of work.

单词	wreak
释义	wreak (rēk) tr.v. wreaked, wreak·ing, wreaks 1. To bring about (damage or destruction, for example): wreak havoc. 2. To inflict (vengeance or punishment) upon a person. 3. To give vent to or act upon (one's feelings): "He sought for some excuse to wreak his hatred upon Tarzan" (Edgar Rice Burroughs). 4. Archaic To take vengeance for; avenge. [Middle English wreken, from Old English wrecan.] *Usage Note:* Wreak is sometimes confused with wreck, perhaps because the wreaking of damage may leave a wreck: The storm wreaked (not wrecked ) havoc along the coast. The past tense and past participle of wreak is wreaked, not wrought, which is an alternative past tense and past participle of work.
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