阅读原文： 💡标题 The Microsoft/CrowdStrike outage shows the danger of monopolization ✅正文 A global IT failure wreaked havoc on Friday, grounding flights and disrupting everything from hospitals to government agencies. Over all the chaos hung a question: how did a flawed update to Microsoft Windows software bring large swaths of society to a screeching halt? 🧐知识点 wreak v. /riːk/  ( formal ) to do great damage or harm to sb/sth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。 获取外刊的完整原文以及精讲笔记，请关注微信公众号「早安英文」，回复“外刊”即可。更多有意思的英语干货等着你！