despoil 详细解释

despoil

[di'spɔil]

v.夺取,掠夺

vt.

掠夺; 剥夺[(+of)]

The victorious army despoiled the city of all its treasures.

得胜的军队把城里的财宝劫掠一空。

词形变化

名词: despoiler | 动词过去式: despoiled | 动词过去分词: despoiled | 动词现在分词: despoiling | 动词第三人称单数: despoils |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.掠夺; 抢夺

rob  plunder  loot  ravage  pillage  devastate  

同义参见:

rifle  prey  pirate  dispossess  

英英释义

动词 despoil:

steal goods; take as spoils

同义词:plunder, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray

destroy and strip of its possession

同义词:rape, spoil, violate, plunder

补充

despoildespoil英:[diˈspɔil] 美:[dɪˈspɔɪl]vt.1.掠夺, 抢劫

例句

1. Calling Native Americans 'primitives' and 'savages' made it OK to conquer and despoil them.给美洲原住民以“原始人”、“野蛮人”的称号, 这样对他们的征服和掠夺就顺理成章了。 2. a landscape despoiled by coal-mining and heavy industry遭到煤矿开采和重工业破坏的景观 3. the mercenaries sent to subjugate you and to despoil you of your liberties and your honour派来征服你们并剥夺你们的自由和荣誉的外国雇佣兵 4. The invaders despoiled the country of all its treasures.入侵者抢夺了该国的全部财富。 5. Barbarians despoiled the western towns.野蛮人把西部一座座城镇洗劫一空。 6. the church was despoiled of its marble wall covering.教堂大理石墙面被窃去。 7. The landscape has been despoiled by industrial development.这片景色由于工业开发而遭到破坏。 8. The invaders despoiled [=plundered] the village.侵略者洗劫了村庄。 9. He sees human beings as despoilers of nature.他认为人类是大自然的破坏者。