havoc
havoc 英 [ˈhævək] 美 ['hævək]
n. 大破坏；浩劫；蹂躏 vt. 严重破坏 vi. 损毁
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- Havoc is a noun that means devastation or total mayhem. Havoc often wreaked by hurricanes, angry mobs, plundering Vikings, and wild parties that get out of control.
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- n. 大破坏；浩劫；蹂躏
- vt. 严重破坏
- vi. 损毁
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1. The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city.
地震对这座城市造成了大破坏。
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2. The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city.
地震对这个城市造成了大破坏。
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3. He points out that some past offenders in Michigan have been released only to cause havoc and end up in jail again.
他指出，过去密歇根释放的一些犯人只是与造成严重破坏的人有关，而且最后又都重新回到监狱里。
- havoc (n.) early 15c., from the expression cry havoc "give the signal to pillage" (Anglo-French crier havok, late 14c.). Havok, the signal to soldiers to seize plunder, is from Old French havot "pillaging, looting" (in crier havot), which is related to haver "to seize, grasp," hef "hook," probably from a Germanic source (see hawk (n.)), or from Latin habere "to have, possess." General sense of "devastation" first recorded late 15c.
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