wreck, break, crack, shatter
这组词共同的意思是“破裂,使破裂”。它们的区别在于:break引起的外力多是碰撞、挤压、敲打等,强调动作突然而有力,以及动作的结果,但不强调破损的程度; crack侧重于指突然发出易碎物品破裂时那样的尖声,也可指因干裂而引起裂口; shatter则强调动作的结果,碎片散得到处都是,物体彻底毁坏; wreck指将整体破坏成废物和碎片。
break，destroy，ruin，wreck，damage，spoil
这些动词均有“破坏，损坏”之意。
break普通用词，指某物因被打破或撕破而受到破坏，可指有形或无形的破坏。
destroy多指彻底地、毁灭性地破坏，含导致无用，不能或很难再修复的意味。
ruin多指因外部原因而受到严重破坏或毁灭，侧重破坏的彻底性，也可用于引申意义。
wreck侧重指船只、车辆、房屋等受到严重破坏或完全毁坏，也可指计划、健康受到损害。
damage多指对无生命物体的损害，造成降低价值、破坏功能等后果。
spoil强调不仅会削弱力量、精力或价值，而且会导致不可避免的毁灭。
The precise location of the wreck was discovered in 1988.
残骸的确切位置是在1988年发现的。
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The Navy is to carry out an examination of the wreck tomorrow.
海军明天将对失事船只进行细查。
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This sighting occurred during my dive to a sunken wreck off Sardinia.
这是我在撒丁岛附近的沉船残骸处潜水时所见的景象。
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A wreck on shore is a beacon at sea.
前车之覆,后车之鉴.
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I was a gibbering wreck by this stage.
我到这时候说话已颠三倒四，神经高度紧张。
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The car was a worthless wreck after the collision.
撞车以后,那辆车成了毫无价值的残骸.
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The wreck of the crashed plane was distributed over a wide area.
坠毁的飞机碎片散落在一片土地上.
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It was embarrassing and sad to see this man reduced to a mumbling wreck.
看见这个人变得口齿不清、弱不禁风，真是让人既难堪又悲哀。
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Burning sulfur from the wreck has forced evacuations from the area.
残骸上燃烧着的硫黄迫使人们撤出该地区。
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The smouldering wreck fumed for days.
燃烧的残骸冒了好几天的烟.
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No one can wreck the friendship between us.
没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊.
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Two passengers are still trapped in the wreck.
有两名乘客仍被困在失事的车辆里。
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The captain tried to save the ship from wreck.
船长试图拯救这条船,使之免于遇难.
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You look a wreck.
你看起来身体很糟糕。
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Budget cuts mean the wreck of all our plans.
预算的削减意味着我们所有计划的破产.
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Oil poured out of the wreck of the ship.
石油从遇难船上涌出.
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The house is a wreck.
这房己全非旧观.
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The car was a total wreck.
这辆车完全报废了。
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The plane is destroyed, a complete wreck: the pilot must have died on impact.
飞机遭到毁坏，完全成了一堆残骸：飞行员肯定死于撞击。
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The pilot struggled out of the wreck almost uninjured.
飞行员艰难地从失事的飞机中爬出来，几乎没有受伤。
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He was killed in a car wreck.
他在一场车祸中丧生。
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He's a complete wreck after his illness.
他病后身体完全垮了.
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We thought of buying the house as a wreck, doing it up, then selling it.
我们想过把这栋房子当作废弃建筑买下来，修缮一下，然后再卖掉。
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She was a nervous wreck, crying when anyone asked her about her experience.
她是个极度神经质的人，有人问起她的经历时，她就哭。
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I was a physical and emotional wreck — I still can't believe how I ever got any work done.
我那时身心俱疲——现在还难以相信我是怎么把一些事情做成的。
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Tiger Ace with wreck mesh has been fixed.
王牌虎式碾压残骸时的图象修正.
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He escaped from the train wreck without injury.
他在这次火车事故中没有受伤.
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What would he tell his parents if he had a wreck?
如果他出了事故，他怎么向他的父母交代？
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