1 VERB 毁掉;毁坏;损坏 To wreck something means to completely destroy or ruin it. 毁掉;毁坏;损坏
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He wrecked the garden. [VERB noun]
他毁掉了花园。
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A coalition could have defeated the government and wrecked the treaty. [VERB noun]
联盟本来可以击败政府并毁掉该条约的。
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His life has been wrecked by the tragedy. [VERB noun]
他的生活被这场灾难毁掉了。
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...missed promotions, lost jobs, wrecked marriages. [VERB-ed]
错过的提升机会，失去的工作，破裂的婚姻
SYN spoil, blow [slang] , ruin, devastate
2 VERB [usually passive] 使(船舶)失事；使遇难 If a ship is wrecked, it is damaged so much that it sinks or can no longer sail. 使(船舶)失事；使遇难
3 N-COUNT 失事的船只(或汽车、飞机);损毁的建筑 A wreck is something such as a ship, car, plane, or building which has been destroyed, usually in an accident. 失事的船只(或汽车、飞机);损毁的建筑
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...the wreck of a sailing ship. [+ of]
帆船的残骸
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The car was a total wreck.
这辆车完全报废了。
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We thought of buying the house as a wreck, doing it up, then selling it.
我们想过把这栋房子当作废弃建筑买下来，修缮一下，然后再卖掉。
SYN shipwreck, derelict, hulk, sunken vessel
4 N-COUNT 车祸；交通事故 A wreck is an accident in which a moving vehicle hits something and is damaged or destroyed. 车祸；交通事故 [mainly US]
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He was killed in a car wreck.
他在一场车祸中丧生。
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...the little girl that survived that plane wreck.
在空难中幸存的小女孩
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What would he tell his parents if he had a wreck?
如果他出了事故，他怎么向他的父母交代？
SYN accident, smash, pile-up [informal]
in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 crash
5 N-COUNT [usually singular] 精疲力竭的人;身体状况极差的人 If you say that someone is a wreck, you mean that they are very exhausted or unhealthy. 精疲力竭的人;身体状况极差的人 [informal]
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