英 [ˈrekɪŋ] 美 [ˈrekɪŋ]
n. （海运）失事，遇难；破坏，毁灭
v. 破坏，毁灭；使（船舶）失事（wreck 的现在分词）
wreck /rɛk/ CET4 TEM4 [ wrecking wrecked wrecks ]
及物动词 To wreck something means to completely destroy or ruin it. 摧毁
He wrecked the garden.
他毁掉了那个花园。
His life has been wrecked by the tragedy.
他的生活被这场悲剧毁了。
可数名词 A wreck is something such as a ship, car, plane, or building that has been destroyed, usually in an accident. (轮船、汽车、飞机或房屋失事后的) 残骸
...the wreck of a sailing ship.
…一艘帆船的残骸。
The car was a total wreck.
这辆车完全报废了。
可数名词 A wreck is an accident in which a moving vehicle hits something and is damaged or destroyed. 撞车事故
He was killed in a car wreck.
他在一场车祸中丧生。
可数名词 If you say that someone is a wreck, you mean that they are very exhausted or unhealthy. 疲惫不堪的人; 不健康的人
You look a wreck.
你看起来极度疲惫。
the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled
同义词： razing
destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
同义词： laying waste / ruin / ruining / ruination
海滩救助作业
... devastation 大面积破坏 wrecking 失事 ruining 动词ruin的现在进行式...
失事，遇难；遇难船；营救难船
Experts agree that the next few decades will present a puzzle: how to feed nine billion people without wrecking the planet in the process.
专家们一致认为在未来几十年内将出现一个难题：如何在不破坏地球的情况下养活90亿人口。
The can exploded, wrecking the kitchen and bathroom and blowing out windows.
罐子爆炸了，毁了厨房和浴室，也炸掉了窗户。
We avoid crime not because we are better people but because we see getting caught as a future-wrecking disaster.
我们避免犯罪不是因为我们是更好的人，而是因为我们把被抓看成是破坏未来的灾难。
Scientists at the University of Tasmania say the urchins are wrecking areas in which many fish and shellfish grow.
VOA : special.2009.08.25
Was it all a crude stab at wrecking Turkey's chances of joining the European Union?
Groups of people began attacking officers, wrecking cars with wooden poles and metal bars, and looting shops.
In today's often sanitised world, the long-standing coastal tradition of wrecking may still live on.