Depredation
[,deprɪ'deɪʃ(ə)n] or [,dɛprə'deʃən]
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of depredating, or the state of being depredated; the act of despoiling or making inroads; as, the sea often makes depredation on the land.
校對:赛克
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Spoliation, rapine, robbery, theft, pillage, plunder, pilfering.
整理:默尔
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Havoc, robbery, spoliation, plunder, trespass, invasion, encroachment
ANT:Pilfering, perquisite, abstraction, pocketing, restitution, compensation
安德鲁手打
例句/造句/用法:
- The loss of the sovereign, from the abuse and depredation of his tax-gatherers, would necessarily be much greater. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Repeated depredations on the frontiers had exasperated the inhabitants to such a degree, that they determined on revenge upon every Indian. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- On they came to the portals of Kulonga's hut, the very one in which Tarzan had wrought his depredations. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- I had often made depredations on these preserves; and the neglected state of the property facilitated my incursions. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
手打:洛葛仙妮