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pillage

noun
🔊/ˈpɪlɪdʒ/
🔊/ˈpɪlɪdʒ/
 [uncountable]
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  1. the act of stealing things from a place or region, especially in a war, using violence抢劫；劫掠；掠夺
    • They brought back horrific accounts of murder and pillage.他们带回了残杀掳掠的可怕消息。🔊🔊
    Topics War and conflictc2

pillage

verb
🔊/ˈpɪlɪdʒ/
🔊/ˈpɪlɪdʒ/
 [intransitive, transitive, often passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they pillage
🔊/ˈpɪlɪdʒ/
🔊/ˈpɪlɪdʒ/
he / she / it pillages
🔊/ˈpɪlɪdʒɪz/
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past simple pillaged
🔊/ˈpɪlɪdʒd/
🔊/ˈpɪlɪdʒd/
past participle pillaged
🔊/ˈpɪlɪdʒd/
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-ing form pillaging
🔊/ˈpɪlɪdʒɪŋ/
🔊/ˈpɪlɪdʒɪŋ/
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  1. to steal things from a place or region, especially in a war, using violence抢劫；劫掠；掠夺 synonym plunder
    • The rebels went looting and pillaging.叛乱者趁火打劫，掠夺财物。🔊🔊
    • be pillaged The town had been pillaged and burned.这座城镇被洗劫焚毁。🔊🔊
    • be pillaged from something Works of art were pillaged from churches and museums.教堂和博物馆的艺术品被劫掠一空。🔊🔊
    • pillage something (from something) They pillaged the resources of the conquered colonies.他们掠夺了被征服殖民地的资源。
    Topics War and conflictc2
    Word Originlate Middle English (as a noun): from Old French, from piller ‘to plunder’.