| 词汇 | plundering |
| 释义 | plundering present participle ofplunder plunder verb uk /ˈplʌn.dər/ us /ˈplʌn.dɚ/ [ I or T ] to steal goods violently from a place, especially during a war: （尤指战争期间的）掠夺，抢劫，劫掠 After the president fled the country, the palace was plundered by soldiers.总统逃出该国后，士兵洗劫了总统府。 Tragically, the graves were plundered and the contents scattered.不幸的是，那些墓被盗，墓里的东西被弄得七零八落的。 [ T ] to steal or remove something precious from something, in a way that does not consider moral laws or is more severe than it needs to be: 骗取;窃取;侵吞，侵占 Someone has been plundering funds from the company.有人一直在盗用公司资金。 The future of our planet is in danger if we continue to plunder its resources as we do.如果我们继续像现在这样滥用资源的话，地球的未来就岌岌可危了。 Stealing abscond abscond with someone/something aggravated burglary anti-burglar anti-burglary eavesdrop hot-wire housebreaking jemmy jimmy job kleptomania piratically plunder poach poaching porch piracy rustle rustling snaffle Related wordplunderer Examples of plunderingplundering In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. They are constantly at war with their neighbours, robbing and plundering each other, so that security is an unknown concept. If it was harvest time, they stole the corn; and if alms were refused, they punished the owners by plundering their granaries at night. Our data indicate that the combatants who see war as an occupation - and therefore changed ' employer' when new economic opportunities (of looting and plundering) emerge - are relatively few. This is not looting and plundering. These lands were too poor and fragmented to support large state systems and the pastoral inhabitants of the area indulged in relatively localized plundering expeditions into the plains. This problem was compounded by high administrative costs, evasion and the plundering of early surpluses for investment in areas which generated low, if any, rates of return. The prisoner and two other men with a horse and cart were found plundering an apple orchard in a lonely village in broad daylight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A complete free-for-all would simply mean the unscrupulous plundering of existing services wherever there was a fast buck to be made. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You know that historically we have been subjected to the constant plundering of our natural resources. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English They are often connected with the illegal exploitation and plundering of raw materials either by insurgent forces or by regular troops and their leaders. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The family doctor or the multinational companies that keep plundering the health sector? From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The plundering of young players from the clubs that have developed their skills is another consequence. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The plundering extends not just to our houses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They must combine against the plundering classes—the bureaucrats—the politicians—the lawyers—the schemers and do nothings of every sort. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In all other areas of the world, such exploitation has reached a high level, and there is even plundering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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