Depredation
[ ,dɛprə'deʃən ]
出国 Abroad
n. 劫掠，毁坏;
💡 词根助记
de毁+predat掠夺+ion名词后缀→掠夺；破坏，破坏痕迹
📝 例句
act of depredation
掠夺行为
Most southern town have suffer 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。
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。
🌱 联想助记
近于 plunder，r=l，可能是其变体；
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
depredation
n[pl]
(fml 文) damage caused by an attack, accident, etc （由攻击、 事故等造成的）损坏, 破坏
The town survived the depredations of marauding gangs. 这个城镇经受住了打家劫舍的匪徒造成的破坏.
the depredations of the storm 暴风雨的蹂躏.
🔁 扩展释义
*[,depri'deiʃәn]n. 掠夺, 破坏
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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My gas tank's sprung a leak
我的油箱漏油了。
That's not like him.
那不象是他的风格。
but children were then too cowed to let them know how they really felt.
孩子们只不过被吓得不敢让父母知道自己的想法罢了。