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单词 wreak
释义 wreak
I. \ˈrēk\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English wreken, from Old English wrecan to drive, drive out, punish, avenge; akin to Middle Dutch wreken to punish, avenge, Old High German rehhan to avenge, Old Norse reka to drive, push, avenge, Gothic wrikan to persecute, Latin urgēre to press, drive, urge, Lithuanian vargti to suffer distress and perhaps to Sanskrit vrajati he goes, proceeds; basic meaning: push, drive
1.
 a.
  (1) archaic : to take vengeance for : inflict punishment in retribution for : avenge
   < wreak thy wrongs in battle line — Sir Walter Scott >
  (2) archaic : to avenge an injury done to
   < grant me some knight to … wreak me for my son — Alfred Tennyson >
 b. : to act so as to exact or inflict (vengeance or punishment)
  < the woeful retribution Nature wreaked upon a life of indulgence — George Meredith >
  < wreak vengeance on the disturbers of their rights — R.W.Southern >
2.
 a. : to give free play or course to (a drive or an especially malevolent feeling) : find outlet for in action or expression : indulge, gratify
  < must wreak my anger somewhere — H.J.Laski >
  < during one of these explosions he wreaks the fullness of his fury upon his wife — Michele Cantarella >
  < could wreak his hungry curiosity upon her — Arnold Bennett >
 b. : to express or release completely : expend
  < an agony quickly wreaked and exhausted — F.J.Mather >
  < wreaking our energies upon reforms — B.N.Cardozo >
3. : to bring about (harm) : cause, inflict
 < employed to wreak evil on personal enemies — Notes & Queries on Anthropology >
 < the terribly severe winter … wreaked havoc among the animals — Alexander Tewnion >
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English wreke, from wreken to punish, avenge, wreak
archaic : revenge, vengeance
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