名词劫掠，毁坏

名词

1. Most Southern towns have suffered from the reckless depredations 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。

2. The sea makes depredations on the land.
大海侵蚀陆地。

1. 劫掠,抢夺：deprave 使败坏 | depredation 劫掠,抢夺 | depress 降低,压下

2. 劫掠：Discompose:使失态,慌张 | Depredation:劫掠 | Depreciation:贬值

3. 抢劫,蹂躏：deprave 堕落 | depredation 抢劫,蹂躏: | infatuate 使迷恋,使着迷

4. 掠夺：depredate 掠夺 | depredation 掠夺 | depress 压低

1. 掠夺;破坏;蹂躏
The depredations of a person, animal, or force are their harmful actions, which usually involve taking or damaging something.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

七彩网·英语单词

noun

1. an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding

Synonym: predation

2. (usually plural) a destructive action

e.g. the ravages of time
the depredations of age and disease

Synonym: ravage