wreak
/riːk/verb
with obj.
1- cause (a large amount of damage or harm)大量造成（破坏, 伤害）：
torrential rainstorms wreaked havoc yesterday
昨天暴雨造成严重破坏
the environmental damage wreaked by ninety years of phosphate mining.
90年磷酸盐开采造成的环境的严重破坏。
1.1
- inflict (vengeance)施行（报复）：
he was determined to wreak his revenge on the girl who had rejected him.
他决定报复那个拒绝他的女孩。
1.2
- archaic avenge (someone who has been wronged)〈古〉为…报复：
grant me some knight to wreak me for my son.
给我个骑士吧, 让我为我的儿子报仇。
USAGE
In the phrase wrought havoc, as in they wrought havoc on the countryside, wrought is an archaic past tense of work and is not， as is sometimes assumed， a past tense of wreak.
派生词
wreaker
noun词源