wrack

折磨、使痛苦、使受煎熬常用被动

She was wracked with guilt after the argument with her mother.

和母亲吵架后，她深受罪恶感的折磨。

苦思、绞尽脑汁口语

He wracked his brains trying to remember where he left the keys.

他绞尽脑汁想回想钥匙到底放在哪里。

摧毁、破坏正式

Years of civil war wracked the country's economy beyond repair.

多年内战把这个国家的经济摧毁到无法挽回。

毁灭、崩坏多用于 wrack and ruin

The old factory has gone to wrack and ruin since it closed.

那间老工厂自从歇业后就日渐荒废崩坏。

漂积海藻、岸边海草不可数

Piles of wrack lay drying along the windswept beach.

一堆堆海藻晒在风势强劲的海滩上。