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
• (usually plural) a destructive action
  1. the ravages of time
  2. the depredations of age and disease
  Synonym:ravage

双语例句

• The human neglect there quest of natural regulation, depredation of natural resources; breakage the balance of the nature; make the sharp conflict between human and nature.
  人类不顾自然规律的要求，对自然资源疯狂的掠夺，极大的破坏了自然界的生态平衡，使人与自然的冲突日益尖锐。
• Brutal acts of depredation are not uncommon.
  残酷的劫掠行为并非罕见。
• 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。
• 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。
• Western nation at the time of carrying on economic depredation to city in Guangxi, also to enlargement the culture invade.
  西方国家在对广西城市进行经济掠夺的同时，也对加大了文化侵略。
• After the Industrial Revolution, the main capitalism nation entered the industrialization ages. The billowing current of capitalism industry civilization and the colonial depredation rolling up the world found the new era of world economy trade.
  工业革命后，主要资本主义国家进入了工业化时代，资本主义工业文明的滚滚洪流和席卷全球的殖民掠夺，开创了世界经济贸易的新纪元，以英国为中心的世界贸易体系形成了。
• 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。
• 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。
• Engineering cost means the manufacture cost of water commodity and its property right income. It comprises the depredation expense of fixed assets, engineering maintenance expense and engineering operational guidance cost.
  工程成本是指生产水商品的成本和产权收益，包括固定资产折旧费用、工程维修费用和工程运行管理费用。
• 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。