plunder

英 ['plʌndə(r)] 美 ['plʌndər]

• v. 掠夺；抢劫
• n. 抢夺；掠夺品；赃物；战利品

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 掠夺；抢劫

   take goods from (places) by force;rob (people),especially during war or civil disorder

n. (名词)

1. [U]掠夺；抢劫

   the act of plundering

2. [U]赃物

   stolen goods;loot

英英释义

Noun:

1. goods or money obtained illegally

Verb:

1. take illegally; of intellectual property;

   "This writer plundered from famous authors"
   

2. plunder (a town) after capture;

   "the barbarians sacked Rome"
   

3. steal goods; take as spoils;

   "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
   

4. destroy and strip of its possession;

   "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The imperialists plunder and exploit the people of the colonial countries.
   帝国主义者掠夺和剥削殖民地国家的人民。
2. The invaders plundered food and valuables from coastal towns and villages.
   侵略者在沿海城乡抢劫食物和贵重物品。
3. They plundered a palace of its treasures.
   他们劫掠了宫殿的财宝。

用作名词 (n.)

1. she didn't accept the goods obtained by plunder.
   她拒绝了抢夺来的财物。
2. They loaded the carts with plunder.
   他们把掠夺来的东西装进大车里.
3. He escaped with his plunder.
   他带着赃物逃跑了。
4. They burned the city, seized a great deal of plunder, and saved the king.
   他们把城烧了,同时获得了许多战利品,且营救了国王。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+ ～+n./pron.

1. The imperialists plundered many valuable works of art.
   帝国主义列强掠夺了许多珍贵的艺术品。

用作名词 (n.)

1. During the plunder, policemen came.
   抢劫正在进行时，警察来了。
2. The thieves hid their plunder in the cave.
   贼把赃物藏在山洞里。

经典引文

• After the plunder and spoiling of the Temple.

  出自： J. Leoni

• Royal troops plundered the camp of all that fell in their way.

  出自： C. Thirlwall

• Continents had been..plundered of all that was precious.

  出自： Henry Miller

• His writings are plundered for aphorisms.

  出自： fig.

词义辨析

v. (动词)

plunder, burglarize, deprive, loot, rifle, rob

• 这组词都有“剥夺”“抢夺”的意思。其区别在于:rob指用公然恐吓、暴力或哄骗等非法手段剥夺他人的财物或名誉、地位、权利等; burglarize指夜间潜入某处偷盗,但不一定达到目的; deprive的对象可以是“权利”“资格”等抽象的东西,但不可接表示场所的名词; loot指不顾法律或道德、不顾死活或见利忘义地抢劫,暗示应受到谴责; rifle指闯入房间或某地搜劫,可以是抢劫一空,也可暗示搜寻某物; plunder指大规模或大范围地掠夺。

rob，steal，plunder，deprive

• 这些动词均含“偷，抢，夺”之意。
• rob最常用词，指用暴力恐吓或哄骗等非法手段抢夺财物。
• steal普通用词，指暗中行窃。
• plunder指大规模或大范围地掠夺。
• deprive多指夺去或扣留别人拥有或可能拥有的有价值或必需的东西，也可用于指抽象的事物。

近反义词

【近义词】

• loot 掠夺品
• steal 偷
• rob 抢劫
• pillage 掠夺
• booty 战利品
• ransack 彻底搜索
• raid 突然袭击
• swag <古俚>赃物
• stolen goods 失窃货物
• spoils 赃
• ill-gotten gains [法] 非法所得...
• fleece 羊毛
• despoil 夺取
• foray 突袭
• robbery 抢劫
• dispossess 剥夺
• pirate 海盗
• expropriation 没收
• sack 袋子
• rifle 步枪
• spoil 宠坏
• ravage 毁坏
• rape 强奸
• dirty money 非法钱财
• strip 剥去
• prize 奖品
• reave 抢夺
• violate 侵犯
• deprive 剥夺

派生词

n.(名词)

• plunderable adj. 易受掠夺的‖plunderer n. 掠夺者，盗窃者