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单词

plunder

读音
ˈplʌndər
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英语单词 "plunder" 是由德语词汇 "plündern" 演变而来。

释义

v. 掠夺,抢劫;侵吞,剽窃;将……滥用殆尽 n. 抢夺;战利品;掠夺品 [ 第三人称单数 plunders 现在分词 plundering 过去式 plundered 过去分词 plundered ]

例句

She faces charges of helping to plunder her country's treasury of billions of dollars.
她面临协从窃取国库中数十亿美元的指控。
The thief disgorged his plunder.
那贼被迫吐出脏物。
Now to the plunder, Moab!
摩押人哪,我们现在去抢夺财物吧。

强化记忆

"plunder" 的读音类似于 "扑噜的",你可以想象成抢劫者"扑噜的"一下手快把物品都掠夺走。这种联想法可以帮助你记忆这个词。该词于1630年左右被移植到英语中,取自德文 "plündern" (抢夺),在近代英语中有时会用此词来描述非法,不公正的获取财物行为。

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Gradually it would shiftfrom a politics of plunderto a politics of hope. Thank you.
One man's safety is owing to the destruction of another.One man's prize is derived from the plunder of another.The cause of rejoicings made by one side
By the 8th century, a sailing ship began to make sense:it could go further, faster, in search of newly available plunder.With the addition of sails,
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出国,专四专八,其他

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GRE填空及阅读机经,专八真题近十五年,经济学人(The Economist)