havoc

英 ['hævək] 美['hævək]

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近义词ravage harm damage injury devastation destruction ruin

n. 大破坏；浩劫；蹂躏
vt. 严重破坏
vi. 损毁
n. (Havoc)人名；(英)哈沃克

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中文词源

havoc 灾害，祸患

来自诺曼法语crier havok,即cry havoc,准许士兵抢劫的信号，词源不详，可能来自拉丁语habere,抓，占有，词源同habit,give(古义为拥有).

英文词源

havoc: havoc: [15] The ancestry of havoc is a mystery, but it seems originally to have been an exclamation, probably Germanic, used as a signal to begin plundering. This was adopted into Old French as havot, which was used in the phrase crier havot ‘shout ‘havot’,’ hence ‘let loose destruction and plunder’. Havot became altered in Anglo-Norman to havok, the form in which English adopted it; and in due course cry havoc gave rise to the independent use of havoc as ‘destruction, devastation’.
havoc (n.): early 15c., from the expression cry havoc "give the signal to pillage" (Anglo-French crier havok, late 14c.). Havok, the signal to soldiers to seize plunder, is from Old French havot "pillaging, looting" (in crier havot), which is related to haver "to seize, grasp," hef "hook," probably from a Germanic source (see hawk (n.)), or from Latin habere "to have, possess." General sense of "devastation" first recorded late 15c.

双语例句

1. The sudden onset of winter caused havoc with rail and air transport.: 冬天的突然降临让铁路和航空运输系统陷入混乱。

2. The weather played havoc with airline schedules.: 天气打乱了航空公司的航班安排。

3. Stress can wreak havoc on the immune system.: 压力可能会破坏免疫系统。

4. Drug addiction soon played havoc with his career.: 毒瘾很快就毁掉了他的事业。

5. The floods caused havoc throughout the area.: 洪水给整个地区带来了灾害。

英英释意

1. violent and needless disturbance

考试真题

California has spent years preparing for "The Big One"—the inevitable earthquake that will undoubtedly unleash all kinds of havoc along the famous San Andreas fault (断层).

This could trigger a tsunami that would create havoc along the coast.

And this pattern is wreaking havoc with marriage.

实用场景例句

These insects can wreak havoc on crops.: 这些昆虫可严重危害农作物。

Continuing strikes are beginning to play havoc with the national economy.: 持续的罢工开始严重破坏国家经济。

The floods caused havoc throughout the area.: 洪水给整个地区带来了灾害。

The weather played havoc with airline schedules...: 天气打乱了航空公司的航班安排。

Drug addiction soon played havoc with his career...: 毒瘾很快就毁掉了他的事业。

Rioters caused havoc in the centre of the town.: 暴乱分子在市中心制造了极大混乱。

The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city.: 地震对这个城市造成了大破坏.

They have wreaked dreadful havoc among the wildlife by shooting and trapping.: 他们射杀和诱捕野生动物,造成了严重的破坏.

The wreaked havoc on the city.: 对这个城市造成了大破坏.

They are all enemies of peace and will play havoc with your harmony.: 这些都是破坏你跟他人和谐共处的大敌.

This concentration of airborne firepower wrought havoc with the enemy forces.: 这次机载火力的集中攻击给敌军造成很大破坏.

The other is Ultimo , intent on trying to stop Vice from wreaking more havoc.: 另一个叫做上月,正试图阻止邪恶发泄自己的愤怒的破坏行为.

The next page started with a misunderstanding, then gossip and wreaked havoc on my storyline.: 下一页的故事开头就出现了一个误会, 于是到处是流言蜚语,扰乱了我的故事情节.

The foxes play havoc with the wildfowl.: 狐狸把那里的野鸟可折腾坏了.

They had to rebuild homes after the havoc the hurricane.: 遭受飓风的“巨大”破坏后,他们不得不重建家园.

Our country price scissors accumulates a mechanism to had been played havoc with since reform.: 改革以来我国剪刀差积累机制已经被严重破坏.

In the Second World War, area is suffered play havoc with.: 在第二次世界大战中, 鲁尔区遭受严重破坏.

A small shift in the predicted probability of an extreme tail event can wreak havoc.: 在一个极端事件预测的概率的一个微小变化都会造成严重破坏.

Worshipping the sun wreaks havoc on skin. So does smoking.: 过度晒太阳会毁掉好皮肤, 吸烟也是如此.

A cow got into the garden and made sad havoc among the cabbages.: 一头牛跑到菜园里,把包心菜弄得乱七八糟.

He went in and created a little bit of havoc.: 他入侵进去,制造了点破坏.

It can also trigger havoc in financial and commodity markets.: 它还能够在金融和商品市场触发大破坏.

Not everyone is to cause havoc.: 不是每个人都可以兴风作浪.

Severe snowstorms wreaked havoc on traffic.: 严重的暴风雪使交通瘫痪.

The virus played havoc with their system.: 病毒对他们的系统造成很大的伤害.

The earthquake caused terrible havoc.: 那次地震造成了可怕的毁坏.

The floods caused havoc throughout the area.: 洪水给整个地区带来了灾害。

Their policies would wreak havoc on the economy.: 他们的政策将对经济造成巨大的破坏。

The weather played havoc with airline schedules.: 天气打乱了航空公司的航班安排。

The sudden onset of winter caused havoc with rail and air transport.: 冬天的突然降临让铁路和航空运输系统陷入混乱。

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