wracked

英 [ræk]

美

n. 失事船只；破坏；[植] 漂积海草
vt. 严重伤害；遇难
vi. 彻底破坏
wrack的过去分词, 过去式

双语例句

• A simmering civil war has wracked parts of the country since independence in1948 and observers say the state's determination to crush ethnic rebels has increased as elections loomed.
  一触即发的内战1948年独立以来蹂躏全国各地。观察员说，军政府执政团决心粉碎反政府民族武装已经使选举前景黯淡。
• Europe was wracked by religious wars for several hundred years.
  欧洲就饱受宗教战争的摧残。
• A half century ago when the Asia Society was founded, Asia was frozen in a cold war, wracked by poverty, and seemingly destined for desolation.
  半个世纪前，当亚洲协会成立时，亚洲深陷冷战的僵局，贫困肆虐，前景苍凉。
• If smokers are rational, they don't. But if smokers are wracked by temptation and are trying unsuccessfully to quit, then higher prices might make them happier by encouraging them to smoke less, or even to stop entirely.
  如果吸烟者是理性的，那么答案就是否定的；但如果吸烟者被诱惑煎熬，并且试图戒烟不成功，那么，较高的香烟价格会让他们更开心，因为这会鼓励他们少抽、甚至完全不抽烟。
• Actually, I have wracked my mind and heart for what I ought to say to you today.
  实际上，我为今天应该和大家谈些什么绞尽了脑汁。
• African nations face a choice, regardless of how indebted, poorly governed, or wracked by conflict they may be.
  无论非洲国家可能如何负债累累、管理欠佳或冲突四起，现在它们有了选择余地。
• If any of these illnesses wracked Lincoln's body during his presidency, how do we explain his inexhaustible physical constitution?
  如果任职总统期间，林肯真患有这类疾病，那如何解释他力量无穷无尽的体质？
• The eastern state of Orissa has been wracked with clashes between Hindus and Christians since August.
  位于东部的奥里萨邦8月份以来弥漫著印度教徒和基督教徒之间冲突的硝烟。
• I wracked my brain, trying to remember his telephone number.
  我绞尽脑汁，想记住他的电话号码。
• S.assistance to Thailand and the Philippines, focused on their southern regions, which have been wracked by Muslim insurgencies.
  他预计美国将向泰国和菲律宾更多的援助，是两国的南方，那里受到了穆斯林反叛活动的重创。