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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

        • 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。
        • 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。
        • Brutal acts of depredation are not uncommon.
          残酷的劫掠行为并非罕见。
        • 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。
        • 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。
        • 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。
        • 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。
        • 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。
        • However the depredation and waste of water is serious in water diversion project.
          在现实层面,我国跨流域调水确乎存在水资源的掠夺性开发和浪费现象。
        • 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。