depredation
发音
英 [ˌdeprəˈdeɪʃn]
美 [ˌdɛprɪˈdeʃən]
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- n.
- 劫掠,毁坏
单词词源
depredation 掠夺
de-, 向下,强调。-pred, 抓,拿,词源同apprehend, predate. 引申词义拿走,掠夺。
双语例句
- 1. We claim that the pollution and depredation to leave forever .
- 我们要污染与破坏永远离开。
- 2. Brutal acts of depredation are not uncommon .
- 残酷的劫掠行为并非罕见。
- 3. Aster was calculating on three days of depredation and one day to escape .
- 埃斯特打算剽掠三天,再用一天时间溜走。
- 4. It 's a fascinating mix of wild ideas threatening to run away from the author , and a new realism that takes in poverty , social depredation and very human cruelties .
- 这是一部威胁要从作者身边逃走的疯狂想法的令人惊喜、惊奇的结合物,也是一部理解贫穷、社会掠夺和人类残酷的新现实主义。
- 5. Even so , they might not be so vulnerable to human depredation if they did not , like humans , reproduce so slowly .
- 尽管如此,如果它们不象人类一样繁殖如此缓慢,它们对人类的掠夺也不会如此无能为力。