spoliation

英 [,spəʊlɪ'eɪʃ(ə)n] 美 [,spolɪ'eʃən]
  • n. 强夺;毁弃

英文词源


spoliation
spoliation: see spoil
spoliation (n.)
"robbery, plunder," c. 1400, from Latin spoliationem (nominative spoliatio) "a robbing, plundering, pillaging," noun of action from past participle stem of spoliare "to plunder, rob" (see spoil (v.)).

双语例句


1. What we intend to halt, by any means, is three centuries of spoliation of this earth.
我们所要做的, 就是用任何方法, 阻止三个世纪以来对这个地球所进得的掠夺.

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