pillage

'pilidʒ

GRE Collins 1

n goods or money obtained illegally
n the act of stealing valuable things from a place
v steal goods; take as spoils

n. 掠夺, 抢劫, 掠夺物, 战利品
v. 掠夺, 抢劫

Collins 星级

19,372

BNC 频率

21,088

使用频率

pillage 可以分为 pil- 和 -age。其中 pil- 来自拉丁语，意味着“掠夺”，而 -age 是一个名词后缀，表示“行为或结果”，整体意思是“掠夺的行为”。

例句

1. The soldiers decided to pillage the abandoned village for supplies.

士兵们决定掠夺这个被遗弃的村庄以获取补给。

2. During the war, many cities were pillaged and left in ruins.

在战争期间，许多城市被掠夺，留下了废墟。

3. The pirates planned to pillage the merchant ships along the coast.

海盗们计划掠夺沿海的商船。