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

• 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。
• 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。
• Europe was wracked by religious wars for several hundred years.
  欧洲就饱受宗教战争的摧残。
• The east-African country has been wracked by warfare and has no functioning government-much less a navy to patrol its shores.
  这个非洲东部的国家受到战火蹂躏，政府已经停止运作，更别说有海军巡逻它的海岸。
• 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。
• His body was wracked with liver cancer, and he suffered the effects of a diabetic ulcer.
  肝癌拖垮了他的身体，他还饱受糖尿病溃疡的折磨。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's a country which has been wracked by civil war& with the nation split among clan-based militias since the fall of the regime of Major General Mohamed Siad Barre in1991.
  实际上，它饱受内战蹂躏–自1991年MohamedSiadBarre少将的政权倒台之后，一直为分裂的部落式民兵国家。
• 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。