Plundering
[plʌndərɪŋ]
解释:
(noun.) the act of stealing valuable things from a place; 'the plundering of the Parthenon'; 'his plundering of the great authors'.
(adj.) given to taking by force what is desired .
校对:苏西--From WordNet
解释:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plunder
加文手打
例句:
- In 321 A.D. the Goths were again over the Danube, plundering what is now Serbia and Bulgaria. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- All the arguments urged in favour of negro slavery are applied with equal force to justify the plundering and enslaving of Europeans. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- The transition to the sport of window-breaking, and thence to the plundering of public-houses, was easy and natural. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- It was Alexander who was outraging and plundering and enslaving all Thebes. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Verily, what with tainting, plundering, and spoiling, Tom has his revenge. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- In each case there was a massacre, the plundering of the city, and the selling of the survivors into slavery. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
校对:斯宾塞