| 词汇 | despoiling |
| 释义 | despoiling present participle ofdespoil despoil verb[ T ] formaluk /dɪˈspɔɪl/ us /dɪˈspɔɪl/ to make a place less attractive especially by taking things away from it by force: （尤指掠夺性地）破坏，洗劫 Many of the tombs had been despoiled.这些坟墓中有很多都遭到了洗劫。 Synonym pillageformal Damaging and spoiling adulterant adulterate adulterated adulteration applecart butcher degrade drive a wedge between someoneidiom dry rot eat eat away at something erode foul put something out of jointidiom queer rain on someone's paradeidiom rampage ravage seismic wreck Examples of despoilingdespoiling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. We are eating ourselves out of house and home and despoiling our nest into the bargain. Even more perilously, it faced the enormous obstacle of this genre of moral tales centered on a "despoiling" plot. What is the real reason for the despoiling of the country-side which is taking place in so many beauty spots? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot continue despoiling the best parts of the country purely to extract sand and gravel. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not talking about vandals, although some of the environmentalists would suggest that foresters are despoiling the countryside. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, it is not simply people coming from the towns despoiling the countryside that worries me. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are the party of law and order—except when it comes to polluting and despoiling our environment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a desperately important issue because at present we are despoiling vast amounts of the world's environment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are despoiling one of the largest sources of protein in the world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is the sort of thing which is despoiling our country and using scarce building resources for the wrong type of development. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Most of the argument one hears today is that in many cases the agricultural community is despoiling the countryside. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would not mean despoiling the parks, because we should not have to erect large structures but could use the parks themselves as the amphitheatre. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I agree that it is essential that property is safeguarded, that damage is not done and that despoiling and destroying are discouraged. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are despoiling the edges of our cities with the revolting waste that we seem to generate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are occasions when despoiling of green belt needs to be remedied, and sometimes that is done by the proper use of filling. 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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