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rack ☞rackv. [ræk] (racks; racked; racking)
双解释义 1. vt.使痛苦 inflict, torture2. vt.绞尽脑汁 make great mental efforts基本要点 1. rack的基本意思是“使人遭受难以忍受的痛苦或折磨”，其形象如同在被拷打时扭动身体的状态。常用于感情上的痛苦或疾病的侵扰。2. rack作及物动词，可接名词、代词作宾语，常用于被动结构，其后常接介词by或with. 3. rack还可作“绞尽脑汁”解，常与one's brain连用，多用于口语中。词汇搭配 ～+名词 ～ one's body 全身痛苦 ～ one's brain〔head, wit〕 绞尽脑汁～+副词 ～ up 击倒〔打败〕（某人） ～+介词 ～ by 被…所苦 ～ for 为…受苦 ～ with pain 痛苦不堪句型例句 用作及物动词 ▲ S+～+n./pron. The pain racked him. 痛苦折磨着他。 Conscience racks me. 我受良心责备。 The cough seemed to rack his body. 他咳得全身震动。 The storm racked the town. 风暴在全城肆虐。 He racked no rents to maintain the expenses of his establishment. 他不向租户索取过高的租金来维持建设的开支。◇ 用于be ～ed结构 He was racked by remorse. 他悔恨交加。 She was racked by doubts. 她满腹疑虑，痛苦极了。 They have been racked by bitter quarrels. 激烈的争吵使他们不得安生。常用短语 ♣ rack brain (v.+n.) 绞尽脑汁 think very deeply or for a long time▲ rack one's brain I've racked my brains all day and I still can't remember who was Prime Minister in 1952. 我冥思苦想了整整一天，但我仍然想不起1952年谁任首相。 Tom racked his brains during the test trying to solve the problem. 汤姆在考试时绞尽脑汁想解出那道题。 We must rack our brains for some answers to his questions. 我们必须绞尽脑汁设法回答他的问题。 I've racked my brains, but I have not yet to come up with any solution to the problem. 我已经绞尽脑汁了，但是还没给那个问题找到任何答案。 ♣ rack up (v.+adv.) 击倒〔打败〕（某人） cause (sb) to fall; defeat (sb) completely▲ rack sb/sth ⇔ up He racked up his opponent with a well-placed blow. 他一拳击中了对手的要害，把他击倒在地。 By clever planning, we were able to rack up the other team in the first half of the game. 凭着巧妙的计划，我们在比赛的上半场就击败了另一个队。 ♣ rack with (v.+prep.) 遭受极大的… suffer severely from (pain or sorrow)▲ rack sb/sth with sth ◇ 用于be ～ed结构 She is racked with anxiety. 她极为焦虑不安。 His body was racked with pain. 他全身疼痛难熬。 It was a mercy that she died, for she had been racked with pain through her last long illness. 她的死是凄楚的，因为她最后一次久病一直使她痛苦不堪。 After an hour of talk, he would be racked with headaches. 谈了一个小时后，他就会头痛欲裂。学习参考 rack 还可用作名词，意思是“架， 行李架；烧酒；破坏”。
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