wreak
wreak 英 [ri:k] 美 [rik]
vt. 发泄；报仇；造成（巨大的破坏或伤害）
进行时:wreaking 过去式:wreaked 过去分词:wreaked 第三人称单数:wreaks 名词复数:wreaks
- To wreak is to cause something to happen, usually with a terrible consequence. You can make mischief, cause problems, or inflict pain, but to wreak damage suggests a deeper level of destruction.
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- vt. 发泄；报仇；造成（巨大的破坏或伤害）
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1. He also achieves an uneasy peace with Luthor, who’s imprisoned for crimes against humanity yet manages to survive an execution and wreak havoc upon Metropolis.
他还与卢梭达成了一项不易的和平，他因为危害人类的罪行而被捕，但却成功逃过了死刑，在大都市中复仇破坏。
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2. It lets the devils out. Before they wreak all kind of havoc with the nervous and cardiovascular systems.
还没等魔鬼对神经和心脑血管系统造成各种浩劫，哭便可以把魔鬼赶走。
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3. It also controls genes that protect cells from highly reactive oxygen radicals - molecules often thought to drive human ageing through the cumulative damage they wreak on DNA.
它还控制基因保护细胞不受高活性氧自由基这种被认为通过其在DNA上造成的累积损害导致人衰老的分子的侵害。
- wreak (v.) Old English wrecan "avenge," originally "to drive, drive out, punish" (class V strong verb; past tense wræc, past participle wrecen), from Proto-Germanic *wrekan (source also of Old Saxon wrekan, Old Norse reka, Old Frisian wreka, Middle Dutch wreken "to drive, push, compel, pursue, throw," Old High German rehhan, German rächen "to avenge," Gothic wrikan "to persecute"), from PIE root *wreg- "to push, shove, drive, track down" (see urge (v.)). Meaning "inflict or take vengeance," with on, is recorded from late 15c.; that of "inflict or cause (damage or destruction)" is attested from 1817. Compare wrack (v.). Related: Wreaked; wreaking.
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