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词汇 shipwrecked
释义 shipwrecked
past simple and past participle ofshipwreck
shipwreck
verb[ T ]
uk /ˈʃɪp.rek/ us /ˈʃɪp.rek/
to make someone suffer a shipwreck: 使(某人)遇上海难
They were shipwrecked off the coast of Newfoundland.他们的船在纽芬兰海岸附近失事了。
a shipwrecked sailor遭遇海难的水手
to destroy or badly damage something: 破坏;毁坏
His refusal to make the case for equality shipwrecked his party.
She finds herself working at a Manhattan hotel, her love life shipwrecked by failed relationships and bad dates.
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Destroying and demolishing

Examples of shipwrecked


shipwrecked

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


The population increased when shipwrecked sailors and castaways arrived; some of them stayed behind and added to the permanent population.
One is taken by the hurricane or the currents and is shipwrecked.
Imagination will be gloomily exercised in beholding you sick, wounded, shipwrecked or a captive !
On the other hand, the trespasser and the shipwrecked sailor do have the right to life.
Once, in a conversation, he used the following image: we float as if shipwrecked on the desert of the ocean, clinging onto an islet of garbage.
And because of the smallness of the boat and the size of the shipwrecked sailor it is hard to find a position where your bodies are not in contact.
If we simply close our eyes and continue, we shall be shipwrecked and miss out on a great historic opportunity.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
They always hoped that it would be shipwrecked on the initial difficulties of launching.
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Today, the sterling area is like some shipwrecked people on a raft at the mercy of the wind and the stormy seas.
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There was, of course, a reason or excuse for this acquisition, which was that our sailors, when shipwrecked, had been maltreated.
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There are a few who complain at the costs involved in the search for and rescue of shipwrecked sailors.
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It is beyond doubt that if the present policy is shipwrecked the nation as a whole will suffer.
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Some hitch might arise in the printing or the publishing, and owing to some technicality the whole thing might be shipwrecked and have no effect.
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That policy was launched; and very shortly after shipwrecked and withdrawn altogether on the ground of financial stress.
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Unfortunately the world is awash with lost opportunities, with shipwrecked good ideas.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
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