Something or someone that wreaks havoc or destruction causes a great amount of disorder or damage.
例句
Violent storms wreaked havoc on the French Riviera, leaving three people dead and dozens injured...猛烈的暴风雨给法国里维埃拉地区造成了极大的破坏,致使三人死亡,数十人受伤。The mountains are studded with dams, any one of which could wreak destruction in the valley below.山区到处都是大坝,其中任何一个都可能给下面的山谷带来灭顶之灾。
VERB
实施(报复)
If you wreak revenge or vengeance on someone, you do something that will harm them very much to punish them for the harm they have done to you.
例句
He threatened to wreak vengeance on the men who toppled him a year ago.他威胁要对一年前扳倒他的人进行报复。