depredation

depredation读音音标

英 [ˌdeprəˈdeɪʃn]

美 [ˌdɛprɪˈdeʃən]

depredation意思解释

n.

劫掠，毁坏；

变形

复数：depredations

英英释义

n.

an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding

同义词：predation

(usually plural) a destructive action

\"the depredations of age and disease\"

同义词：ravage

双语例句

用作名词(n.)Most southern towns have suffered from the reckless depredation of the armed gang.大多数南方城镇都遭受过这帮武装匪徒的鲁蛮掠夺。Even so, they might not be so vulnerable to human depredation if they did not, like humans, reproduce so slowly.尽管如此，如果它们不像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。