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 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。
• People can become paralysed by too much variety and wracked with uncertainty and regret about whether they have made the right decision.
  人们会因为过多的种类而行为瘫痪，受这些不确定性因素的摧残，并为他们是否做出正确的决定而懊悔。
• 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。
• Moreover, it could be a way to diversify your portfolio away from financial markets wracked by global debt fears.
  另外，这也是一种使投资多元化的方法，可使投资不再局限于备受全球债务危机困扰的金融市场。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Nicolai's wracked up on the rocks above the falls. he's in bad shape.
  尼古拉在瀑布上面的石头上，他情况很糟。
• 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。
• 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。