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
• (usually plural) a destructive action
  1. the ravages of time
  2. the depredations of age and disease
  Synonym:ravage

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• Engineering cost means the manufacture cost of water commodity and its property right income. It comprises the depredation expense of fixed assets, engineering maintenance expense and engineering operational guidance cost.
  工程成本是指生产水商品的成本和产权收益，包括固定资产折旧费用、工程维修费用和工程运行管理费用。
• 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。
• Western nation at the time of carrying on economic depredation to city in Guangxi, also to enlargement the culture invade.
  西方国家在对广西城市进行经济掠夺的同时，也对加大了文化侵略。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。