pillage

英 ['pɪlɪdʒ] 美 ['pɪlɪdʒ]

• n. 掠夺；抢劫；掠夺物
• v. 掠夺；抢劫

英英释义

Noun:

1. goods or money obtained illegally

2. the act of stealing valuable things from a place;

   "the plundering of the Parthenon"
   "his plundering of the great authors"
   

Verb:

1. steal goods; take as spoils;

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

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The pillage was not contained to just the enlisted men.
   参与财宝掠夺的，不仅仅是那些应征入伍的大兵们。
2. They brought back horrific accounts of murder and pillage.
   他们带回了残杀掳掠的可怕消息。

用作动词 (v.)

1. The town was pillaged by the invading army.
   入侵的军队将该城镇掠夺一空。
2. Her handbag was pillaged on her way home.
   在回家的路上，她的手提包被抢劫了。

经典引文

• The object of the incursion being pillage, not fighting.

  出自： H. H. Wilson

• In the pillage..many bronze vessels were..carried off and sold.

  出自：Asian Art

近反义词

【近义词】

• loot 掠夺品
• plunder 掠夺
• rob 抢劫
• despoil 夺取
• sack 袋子
• booty 战利品
• prize 奖品
• burglarize 入室盗窃
• spoils 赃
• taking 取得
• steal 偷
• embezzle 盗用
• ransack 彻底搜索
• foray 突袭
• robbery 抢劫
• dispossess 剥夺
• prey 牺牲者
• raid 突然袭击
• pirate 海盗
• rifle 步枪
• ravage 毁坏
• spoil 宠坏
• pillaging 动词pillage的现在...
• dirty money 非法钱财
• strip 剥去
• plundering 动词plunder的现在...
• reave 抢夺
• swag <古俚>赃物