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vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)[(+on/upon)]



          1.    發洩;排出

                      She wreaked her bad temper on her son.

                      她衝著兒子發脾氣。

          2.    造成(破壞)等;施行(報復等)

                      The survivor was determined to wreaked her revenge on the 

                      murderer of her family.

                      這位幸存者決心要報復殺害她家人的兇手。

                      They have wreaked dreadful havoc among the wildlife by shooting 

                      and trapping.

                      他們射殺和誘捕野生動物,造成了嚴重的破壞。





Dictionary.com



–verb (used with object) 

1. to inflict or execute (punishment, vengeance, etc.): They [wreaked havoc] on the enemy. 

2. to carry out the promptings of (one's rage, ill humor, will, desire, etc.), as on a victim or object: He wreaked his [anger] on the office staff.  



—Synonyms 

1. visit, vent, unleash.





The Columbia Guide to Standard American English



wreak, wreck (vv.) 

   

Wreak once meant "avenge," but today its most frequent use is in the still-useful cliché [wreak havoc], meaning "cause destruction, devastate." 



Wreak is pronounced to rhyme either with reek or wreck, hence the occasional confusion of spelling wreak as wreck, abetted (教唆) by wreck’s somewhat similar meaning and their probably shared Indo-European etymon. 



Other verbs regularly used with havoc include raise, play, create, and work, this last sometimes raising questions about a possible confusion of wrought and wreaked. 



Best advice: stick with wreak (rhymed with reek), raise, play, and create havoc, and use these clichés sparingly.





　

At the same time, the bad boys back in Afghanistan are patching together the broken remains of Tony's original improvised suit and [wreaking havoc] on the local populace (平民) with a cache (cash,貯藏) of stolen Stark weapons.