plunder
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T If someone plunders a place or plunders things from a place, they steal things from it. 掠奪[文學(xué)性]
He plundered the palaces and ransacked the treasuries. 他洗劫了各個(gè)宮殿,將那些財(cái)寶掠奪一空。
She faces charges of helping to plunder her country's treasury of billions of dollars. 她面臨協(xié)從竊取國(guó)庫(kù)中數(shù)十億美元的指控。
2. N-UNCOUNT Plunder is also a noun. 掠奪
...a guerrilla group infamous for torture and plunder. …一支以酷刑和掠奪而臭名昭著的游擊隊(duì)。
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plunder /?pl?nd?/ (plundering,plundered,plunders)
劍橋詞典
- [ 不及物動(dòng)詞:后面不接賓語(yǔ)的動(dòng)詞 or 及物動(dòng)詞:后面接賓語(yǔ)的動(dòng)詞 ]
to steal goods violently from a place , especially during a war
(尤指戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)期間的)掠奪,搶劫,劫掠
After the president fled the country , the palace was plundered by soldiers . 總統(tǒng)逃出該國(guó)后,士兵洗劫了總統(tǒng)府。
Tragically, the graves were plundered and the contents scattered . 不幸的是,那些墓被盜,墓里的東西被弄得七零八落的。
[ 及物動(dòng)詞:后面接賓語(yǔ)的動(dòng)詞 ]
to steal or remove something precious from something, in a way that does not consider moral laws or is more severe than it need be
騙?。桓`??;侵吞,侵占
Someone has been plundering funds from the company . 有人一直在盜用公司資金。
The future of our planet is in danger if we continue to plunder its resources as we do. 如果我們繼續(xù)像現(xiàn)在這樣濫用資源的話,地球的未來(lái)就岌岌可危了。 返回 plunder