wreak something (on somebody/something) to do great damage or harm to somebody/something造成（巨大的破坏或伤害）- Their policies would wreak havoc on the economy.他们的政策将对经济造成巨大的破坏。🔊🔊
- He swore to wreak vengeance on those who had betrayed him.他发誓要对背叛他的人进行报复。🔊🔊
Oxford Collocations DictionaryWreak is used with these nouns as the object: - destruction
- devastation
- havoc
- …
See full entry Word OriginOld English wrecan ‘drive (out), avenge’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wreken and German rächen; compare with wreck, and wretch.