| 单词 | wrack |
| 释义 | wrack noun[U] uk/ræk/us/ræk/→rackand ruin （同 rack and ruin）In bad condition
Examplesofwrackwrack He showed the obvious and the hidden of urban life: the workers, unemployed, architecture and ghettos, growth and human wracks. From theCambridge English Corpus Few scholars have been engaged in this work, and many of the communities live in areas wracked by civil war. From theCambridge English Corpus In 1941 and 1944, the city was wracked by communal riots. From theCambridge English Corpus In a continent wracked by economic retrenchment and civil war during the past two decades, public services have declined across the board. From theCambridge English Corpus They imagine an entire nation wracked by famine. From theCambridge English Corpus It aims to understand the sense of anxiety that permeates people's lives wracked by traumatic memories of war and persistent concerns about their physical and emotional survival. From theCambridge English Corpus Hart was wracked with uncertainty after his decision to decline the post and his reasons for doing so were complicated. From theCambridge English Corpus He remains entrenched in his freehold, while the work of his parish goes towrackand ruin. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 People have gone missing from both communities since the events that first wracked the island soon after its independence in 1960. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In a world wracked by a titanic struggle between two totally opposed political and economic systems, this seems to me to be utterly unrealistic. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It was interesting to me, but whether it will bring any solace to those who are wracked in their beds every night is extremely doubtful. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that the workers were war weary and nerve wracked, and did not quite realise all they were asking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I know a man of 80 years of age, who after 51 years working in the industry is wracked with pain and extremely distressed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The amount ofwrackimported is relatively insignificant. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The walls were damp and decaying, and the people were wracked with rheumatism and chest troubles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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