v.使…失事；使…遇难；破坏
n.遇难；残骸；破坏；（船）失事下沉
The ship was wrecked on the rock. 船在岩石上撞毁了。
The train wrecked at midnight. 这列火车半夜出轨了。
His drinking wrecked their marriage. 他的酗酒毁坏了他们的婚姻。
Nobody can wreck the friendship between us. 没有人能破坏我们之间的友谊。
用作名词 (n.)They save the cargo from the wreck. 他们从遇难船上抢救出货物。
They found the wreck of an old ship. 他们找到了一条旧船的残骸。
The house was a wreck when they bought it. 他们买下那座房子时，房子受损严重。
My father was a complete wreck after the illness. 我父亲病后身体完全垮了。
wreck用作名词时指失事的车、船、飞机或人等,也可指一次车祸、海难或空难。用作动词时意思是“(使)失事”,多指因风暴、相撞或某种暴力而使某物(如车船等交通工具等)毁坏或遭难。引申可表示为“(使)破坏”“遭残毁”,有时也可表示“炒蛋”“把(钞票)兑换成(等值的)硬币”等。
wreck既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,可接具体事物或抽象事物作宾语,可用于被动结构。用作不及物动词时,主动形式含有被动意义。
wreck也可用作名词,意为“失事,失事船〔飞机〕,残骸”“受到严重损害的人”。例如:Six people, including a child, were killed in the train wreck.在这次火车失事中有六人丧生,其中有一名儿童。He is one of the mental wrecks.他是精神受到严重损害的人之一。
