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plunder,pillage,rob和loot的区别是什么?

2014-06-17 16:11阅读:
loot:侧重于表示洗劫,劫掠一空的意思 pillage:侧重于表示劫掠的动作
rob:强盗式的抢劫行为
plunder:除了表示抢劫,劫掠之外,也可以作为名词,表示劫掠品的意思。
(1)loot:
  • 1. V-T/V-I If people loot, or loot stores or houses, they steal things from them, for example, during a war or riot. (战争或暴乱时) 抢劫 (商店或房屋)
    例: The trouble began when gangs began breaking windows and looting shops.
    骚乱起始时,歹徒们就开始砸橱窗、抢商店。
  • 2.N-UNCOUNT 抢劫 looting
    例: In the country's largest cities there has been rioting and looting.
    在这个国家的大城市里一直都有暴乱和抢劫事件发生。
  • 3.V-T If someone loots things, they steal them, for example, during a war or riot. (战争或暴乱时) 掠夺
    例: The town has been plagued by armed thugs who have looted food supplies and ter
rorized the population.
小镇一直受到武装暴徒的侵扰,他们掠夺食物,恐吓民众。

(2)pillage:

pillage /ˈpɪlɪdʒ/ (pillaging,pillaged,pillages)

  • 1.V-T If a group of people pillage a place, they steal property from it using violent methods. 掠夺
    例: Soldiers went on a rampage, pillaging stores and shooting.
    士兵狂暴地掠夺商店,不停地扫射。
  • 2.N-UNCOUNT Pillage is also a noun. 掠夺
    例: There were no signs of violence or pillage.
    没有暴力和掠夺的迹象。
  • 3.N-UNCOUNT pillaging
    例: ...pillaging by people looking for something to eat.
    ...被觅食的人一扫而空。

(3)rob

rob /rɒb/ CET4 TEM4 (robbing,robbed,robs)

  • 1.V-T If someone is robbed, they have money or property stolen from them. 盗窃; 抢劫
    例: Mrs. Yacoub was robbed of her designer watch at her Westchester home.
    雅各布夫人的名牌手表在她威斯特切斯特的家中被人盗走了。
  • 2.V-T If someone is robbed of something that they deserve, have, or need, it is taken away from them. 抢走
    例: When Miles Davis died jazz was robbed of its most distinctive voice.
    当迈尔斯•戴维斯去世时,爵士乐里最具特色的声音也被夺走了。

(4)plunder:

plunder /ˈplʌndə/ CET6+ TEM4 (plundering,plundered,plunders)

  • 1.V-T If someone plunders a place or plunders things from a place, they steal things from it. 掠夺
    例: He plundered the palaces and ransacked the treasuries.
    他洗劫了各个宫殿,将那些财宝掠夺一空。
    She faces charges of helping to plunder her country's treasury of billions of dollars.
    她面临协从窃取国库中数十亿美元的指控。
  • 2.N-UNCOUNT Plunder is also a noun. 掠夺
    例: ...a guerrilla group infamous for torture and plunder.
    …一支以酷刑和掠夺而臭名昭著的游击队。

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