1 a ship that has sunk or been badly damaged at sea 沉船;失事的船:
Divers searched the wreck.潜水员在沉船上搜索。
2 a car, plane, etc which has been badly damaged, especially in an accident (失事汽车、飞机等的)残骸:
The car was a wreck but the lorry escaped almost without damage.出事的汽车残破不堪,卡车则幸免于难,几乎完好无损。
3 [usu.sing] (informal 非正式) a person or thing that is in a very bad condition 健康(精神)极差的人;情况糟透的事物:
He drove so badly I was a nervous wreck when we got there.他开车开得很糟,我们到达那里时,我差点精神崩溃了。
wreckverbVandals had wrecked the school hall.恣意破坏公物的人毁坏了学校的礼堂。The strike wrecked all our holiday plans.罢工行动破坏了我们的度假计划。