1. vt. & vi.（使）失事，（使）遇难　 cause (a ship, a plane, etc.) to be destroyed
2. vt. & vi.（使）破坏　 bring ruin upon (hopes, etc.)

　～ a building　毁坏建筑物
　～ the car　把汽车撞坏
　～ equipment　毁坏设备
　～ the hotel　把饭店毁掉
　～ many houses　破坏许多房屋
　～ the lab　毁坏实验室
　～ the plans　打破了计划
　～ the ship　船遇难
　～ a stronghold　摧毁堡垒
　～ the whole life　糟蹋一生
　～ advisedly　有意破坏
　～ artfully　狡猾地破坏
　～ completely〔thoroughly〕　彻底破坏
　～ deliberately〔intentionally〕　故意破坏
　～ desperately　充满危险地破坏
　～ distinctly　明显破坏
　～ eventually　终于破坏
　～ gratuitously〔unreasonably〕　无端地破坏
　～ heartlessly　无意地破坏
　～ hideously　令人惊骇地破坏
　～ inconceivably　难以置信地破坏
　～ intermittently　断断续续地破坏
　～ madly　疯狂地破坏
　～ mercilessly〔ruthlessly〕　无情地毁坏
　～ momentarily　顷刻之间地破坏
　～ ostensibly　表面上地破坏
　～ partially　使部分地毁坏
　～ savagely　野蛮地破坏
　～ shamelessly　无耻地破坏
　～ spiritually　心灵上破坏
　～ threateningly　毁灭性地破坏
　～ totally　使全部毁坏
　～ treacherously　背信弃义地破坏
　～ unmercifully　恶狠狠地破坏
　～ wantonly　肆意破坏

　The car wrecked at the crossing.　汽车在十字路口处撞坏了。
　The ship wrecked on a rock.　船触礁失事了。
　His only hope has wrecked.　他唯一的希望破灭了。
　The storm wrecked the ship.　那条船因风暴遇难。
　The fire wrecked the hotel.　那场大火把饭店烧毁了。
　The boy has wrecked my car.　那孩子把我的汽车撞坏了。
　The experiment and consequent explosion wrecked the lab.　实验及随后的爆炸毁坏了实验室。
　The accident wrecked our plans for a happy holiday.　这次事故打破了我们愉快度假的计划。
　He is wrecking her whole life.　他在糟蹋她的一生。
　Wreck one.　炒一份鸡蛋。
　Wreck two bucks.　换两美元的硬币。
　The steamer was wrecked at sea.　轮船在海上遇难。
　The rice mill was wrecked by the enemy bombing.　碾米厂遭到了敌机的轰炸。
　They were wrecked in the coast of Africa.　他们是在非洲海岸不远处遇难落水的。
　All hopes of a peaceful settlement were wrecked by his speech.　和平解决的希望都被他们的讲话打破了。

 ♣ wreck, break, crack, shatter
　参见break条。

　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。

　［同义词］ break, destroy
　［词源］中古英语wrek（船只等失事，遭难）