plunder
英 ['pl?nd?]
美['pl?nd?]
- n. 搶奪；戰(zhàn)利品；掠奪品
- vt. 掠奪；搶劫；侵吞
- vi. 掠奪；盜竊
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?plunders;第三人稱單數(shù):?plunders;過去式:?plundered;過去分詞:?plundered;現(xiàn)在分詞:?plundering;名詞:?plunderer;
助記提示
1. pl- (place) + under => place under one's control.
2. 本來是別人的東西，但是卻被某人強(qiáng)行放在自己的控制之下。
3. 漂亮的外表之下其實(shí)是一個(gè)打家劫舍的女土匪。
2. 本來是別人的東西，但是卻被某人強(qiáng)行放在自己的控制之下。
3. 漂亮的外表之下其實(shí)是一個(gè)打家劫舍的女土匪。
中文詞源
plunder 搶劫，劫掠
來自德語plundern,搶劫室內(nèi)物品，來自中古高地德語plunder,室內(nèi)物品，衣服，行李，家具 等。后來在17 世紀(jì)歐洲三十年戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)期間，英國士兵把該詞引入英國。最終詞源不詳。
英文詞源
- plunder
- plunder: [17] Plunder is of Dutch origin, and etymologically denotes something like ‘rob of household odds and ends’. It was borrowed from Middle Dutch plunderen, which was presumably derived from the noun plunde or plunne ‘household goods, clothes, etc’, whose origins are unknown.
- plunder (n.)
- "goods taken by force; act of plundering," 1640s, from plunder (v.).
- plunder (v.)
- 1630s, from German plündern, from Middle High German plunderen "to plunder," originally "to take away household furniture," from plunder (n.) "household goods, clothes," also "lumber, baggage" (14c.; compare Modern German Plunder "lumber, trash"), which is related to Middle Dutch plunder "household goods;" Frisian and Dutch plunje "clothes." A word acquired by English via the Thirty Years War and applied in native use after the outbreak of the English Civil War in 1642. Related: Plundered; plundering. Plunderbund was a U.S. colloquial word from 1914 referring to "a corrupt alliance of corporate and financial interests," with German Bund "alliance, league."
雙語例句
- 1. Plunder is the very nature of imperialism.
- 帝國主義的本性就是掠奪.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 2. The thieves hid their plunder in the cave.
- 賊把贓物藏在山洞里.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 3. The invaders plunder at no allowance.
- 侵略者大肆掠奪.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. She faces charges of helping to plunder her country's treasury of billions of dollars.
- 她面臨協(xié)助侵吞數(shù)十億美元國家財(cái)產(chǎn)的指控。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The thieves are often armed and in some cases have killed for their plunder.
- 這些小偷常攜帶兇器，有時(shí)會(huì)為贓物殺人。
來自柯林斯例句