詞彙精選：wreck的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

n.

殘骸 [C]

例句：

All around were the wrecks of previous crashes.

四周全是以前撞毀的汽車的殘骸。

例句：

We thought of buying the house as a wreck, doing it up, then selling it.

我們想過把這棟房子當作廢棄建築買下來，修繕一下，然後再賣掉。

破壞，毀滅；失事，交通事故 [C]

例句：

The hurricane caused many wrecks.

颶風造成了許多船難。

例句：

He was killed in a car wreck.

他在一場車禍中喪生。

失去健康的人 [C]

例句：

My father was a complete wreck after the illness.

我父親病後身體完全垮了。

例句：

It was embarrassing and sad to see this man reduced to a mumbling wreck.

看見這個人變得口齒不清、弱不禁風，真是讓人既難堪又悲哀。

v.

破壞，毀壞，拆毀，拆除 [T]

例句：

He wrecked the garden.

他毀掉了花園。

例句：

His life has been wrecked by the tragedy.

他的生活被這場災難毀掉了。

（使）失事，遇難 [I,T]

例句：

The ship was wrecked in a storm.

這條船在一次風暴中失事了。

例句：

They were wrecked on the reef.

他們因船觸礁而遭遇海難。

二、詞義辨析：

break,destroy,ruin,wreck,damage,spoil

這些動詞均有“破壞，損壞”之意。break普通用詞，指某物因被打破或撕破而受到破壞，可指有形或無形的破壞。destroy多指徹底地、毀滅性地破壞，含導致無用，不能或很難再修復的意味。ruin多指因外部原因而受到嚴重破壞或毀滅，側重破壞的徹底性，也可用於引申意義。wreck側重指船隻、車輛、房屋等受到嚴重破壞或完全毀壞，也可指計劃、健康受到損害。damage多指對無生命物體的損害，造成降低價值、破壞功能等後果。spoil強調不僅會削弱力量、精力或價值，而且會導致不可避免的毀滅。

三、參考例句：

The smouldering wreck fumed for days.

燃燒的殘骸冒了好幾天的煙.

At what depth does the wreck lie?

沉船位置的深度是多少？

A large herd could wreck a train.

龐大的獸羣將會使火車失事。

The wreck of that plane has not been found.

那架飛機的殘骸還沒找到。

Salvage of the wreck was made difficult by bad weather.

船遇難後因天氣惡劣救援工作十分困難。

The pilot struggled out of the wreck almost uninjured.

飛行員艱難地從失事的飛機中爬出來，幾乎沒有受傷。

Idiot oil can wreck you as much as smack does.

烈酒像海洛因一樣會把你毀了。

They found the wreck of an old ship.

他們找到了一條舊船的殘骸。

He went berserk and began to wreck the room.

他怒極而狂暴，開始搗毀傢俱。

My father was a complete wreck after the illness.

我父親病後身體完全垮了。