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depredation

英 [ˌdeprəˈdeɪʃn]

美 [ˌdeprəˈdeɪʃn]

n.  掠夺; 劫掠; 破坏

复数:depredations 

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BNC.21940 / COCA.23993

牛津词典

    noun

    • 掠夺;劫掠;破坏
      acts that cause damage to people's property, lives, etc.

      柯林斯词典

      • N-VAR 掠夺;破坏;蹂躏
        Thedepredationsof a person, animal, or force are their harmful actions, which usually involve taking or damaging something.
        1. Crops can be all too easily decimated by unchecked depredations by deer...
          任由鹿糟蹋会很容易把庄稼都毁了。
        2. Much of the region's environmental depredation is a result of poor planning.
          该地区的环境破坏大都是由于规划不善造成的。

      英英释义

      noun

      • an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
          Synonym:predation
        1. (usually plural) a destructive action
          1. the ravages of time
          2. the depredations of age and disease
          Synonym:ravage

        双语例句

        • Derivative concepts of eco-footprint are introduced to assess the sustainability of ecological residential quarter, which are eco-footprint depredation and eco-footprint economization.
          并尝试引入生态足迹的衍生概念:居住生态足迹掠夺和居住生态足迹节约,评价生态小区的可持续性。
        • 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。
        • Brutal acts of depredation are not uncommon.
          残酷的劫掠行为并非罕见。
        • Inadequate appropriations make it impossible for the division of forestry to protect the reserves from forest fires and from depredation of timber thieves, but a start had been made.
          拨款不足使林业管理局难以防止森林保护区遭遇火灾和木材盗贼的劫掠,但保护行动毕竟已开始。
        • The exploitation history of wildlife in China is long, but the tradition utilization is the depredation type, and causes the economic species rare, or get close to extinction.
          我国利用野生动物资源的历史悠久,但传统的野生动物利用方式多采取掠夺式地利用,导致许多经济价值很高的物种变得珍稀,或濒临灭绝。
        • The processes of depredation, amortization, and depletion discussed in this chapter all have a common goal.
          本章讨论的折旧、摊销和损耗处理都有一个共同的目的。
        • In essence, officers must give up the depredation conception remained and accept the exchange conception.
          从根本上说,官员们必须放弃残存的掠夺(腐败)观念,具备交易观念。
        • The characteristics affected by urbanization in society and economy, depredation of advantaged groups, intervention of government interests and deficiency of farmer's rights protection all damage farmer's interests.
          城市化的社会经济特点、强势群体的掠夺以及政府利益介入、农民自身的缺失等都有可能成为农民权益失的原因。
        • Experimental research of glass depredation
          玻璃镜破坏痕迹的试验研究
        • The visit of all these marauders must be anticipated, and measures taken to prevent their depredation.
          应该预料到这些抢劫者的侵袭,并制定防范他们抢劫的措施。