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pil·lage
pI lihj
第三人称单数:pillages
现在分词:pillaging
过去式:pillaged
过去分词:pillaged
pillager (n.)
词根:pill
n.pill 药丸;弹丸,子弹;口服避孕药
pillager 抢劫者,劫掠者
vi.pill 做成药丸;服药丸
vt.pill 把…制成丸剂;使服用药丸;抢劫,掠夺(古语)
transitive verb
to openly and forcefully seize goods from, as during a war; plunder.The conquerors pillaged the farms and villages.
to seize as plunder or spoils of war.The invaders pillaged the gold from the temples.
intransitive verb
to seize plunder or spoils of war.The soldiers pillaged as they made their way to the sea.
noun
the act of seizing plunder or spoils of war, or that which is seized.The pillage of the city was never forgotten.The vikings returned to their ships with their pillage.
14世纪晚期,“掠夺行为”(尤其是在战争中),来自古法语 pilage(14世纪)“掠夺”,源自 pillier “掠夺,抢劫,虐待”,可能来自通俗拉丁语 *piliare “掠夺”,可能来自拉丁语 pilare “剥去头发”,也可能意味着“剥皮”(比较动词 pluck, fleece 的比喻扩展),源自 pilus “头发”(参见 pile(n.3))。
Pillage and spoil especially suggest the great loss to the owner, completely stripping or despoiling them of their property ; plunder suggests the quantity and value of that which is taken : as, loaded with plunder; booty is primarily the spoils of war, but also of a raid or combined action, as of pirates, brigands, or burglars .... [Century Dictionary]
Pillage 和 spoil 尤其暗示了所有者的巨大损失,完全剥夺或掠夺他们的财产; plunder 则暗示了所取之物的数量和价值:如,装满 plunder; booty 最初是指战争的战利品,但也可以是突袭或联合行动的战利品,如海盗、强盗或盗贼....[世纪词典]
Noun Middle English pilage, from Anglo-French, from piler to rob, plunder
The first known use of pillage was in the 14th century
pillage1 of 2noun
the act of robbing by force especially in war
pillage2 of 2verb
to strip of goods and possessions with ruthless violence : plunder, loot
1 To enter by force in order to conquer or pillage.
侵略以武力进入以便征服或掠夺.
2 Tales of cars disappearing from outside buildings; ornate and antique woodwork being pillaged from historic mosques; people waking up to find land designated for farming suddenly turned into construction zones; or heritage sites in ruin.
3 Paintings rarely get to share war stories in a museum exhibition, especially works like Matisse’s “Blue Dress in a Yellow Armchair” that have been pillaged, traded and salvaged by many hands.
4 Although they are not given to marauding and pillaging, they are not particularly solemn, either.
5 The rape and pillage of the east was a terrible crime.
对东部(国家)的强劫和掠夺是臭名昭著的罪行.
6 As white artists found platinum success with their own take on the blues, Mr. Waterman took issue with the idea that they were pillaging a hallowed Black genre.
7 Unsurprisingly, perhaps, environmental activists rue the boy’s pillaging of the tree and, by extension, the environment.
8 Foremost, she has to shepherd the series’ reckoning with America’s history of slaughter and pillage.
9 ...the boldness to pillage and rape.
抢劫和强奸的胆子
10 Dinah says not one word throughout the narrative, and nothing more is said about her, once she has been forcibly liberated and used as an excuse for slaughter and pillage.
11 They brought back horrific accounts of murder and pillage.
他们带回了残杀掳掠的可怕消息。
12 Some 15,000 pieces, including ancient statues, sculptures and cuneiform tablets, were pillaged.
13 He started the series as a farmer whose interest in exploring put him at odds with the local leader, who preferred the tried-and-true routes for pillaging.
14 Steps have been taken to alert auction houses, other participants in the art market and customs officials to trade in pillaged Syrian treasures, including circulating a “red list” of typical objects.
15 All these crooks are in bed together to pillage and plunder the USA's hard earned dollars. This appointment is a huge mistake and we all will see.
所有这些片子一起来掠夺和抢劫美国的血汗钱。我们以后会知道这个任命是个巨大的错误,。
16 I’m not talking pillaging thoughts, or molesting thoughts; just thoughts whose first loyalty is to you, not the oft-forced loyalty of a group.
17 He’s since disappeared into relative obscurity, because unlike Rodger he doesn’t have a Facebook page to pillage and a trail of reality TV-like YouTube videos to dissect.
18 As fans should know, the state’s pillage people have other means of extraction.
19 Last summer at Dahshur, a site near the Giza pyramids, where armed tomb raiders were burrowing for treasure, Dr. Hanna’s tweets about the pillage drew archaeologists and local residents to the site in protest.
20 But a yeast that generates an essential human nutrient, a nutrient that we’ve been pillaging our oceans to get?
1 抢劫者
3 抢劫
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4 掠夺
predatory predatism rape robbery plunder predation spoliation rapacity despoliation despoilment freeboot prey raven filibuster reave depredate rifle pirate spoil ravage ransack ravish despoil rapacious loot depredation vampirism ravin foray sack disarray harry deflower spoliate marauding rob rapine plunderage capture seizure jayhawking forage scoff pill seize harrow flay maraud extortionate extortionary extortion extort jayhawk blag