depredation
英 [ˌdeprəˈdeɪʃn]
美 [ˌdeprəˈdeɪʃn]
n. 掠夺; 劫掠; 破坏
复数:depredations
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.- 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。 - 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。
- Crops can be all too easily decimated by unchecked depredations by deer...
英英释义
noun
- an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
- (usually plural) a destructive action
- the ravages of time
- the depredations of age and disease
双语例句
- The processes of depredation, amortization, and depletion discussed in this chapter all have a common goal.
本章讨论的折旧、摊销和损耗处理都有一个共同的目的。 - Brutal acts of depredation are not uncommon.
残酷的劫掠行为并非罕见。 - Wildlife depredation on livestock: The main depredated livestock were cattle, horses, mules and pigs and the main predators was tigers, and also a few bears and wild dogs.
野生动物对家畜的捕杀:墨脱县被捕杀的家畜主要有牛、骡马和猪,捕杀者主要是虎、黑熊和豺。 - Even so, they might not be so vulnerable to human depredation if they did not, like humans, reproduce so slowly.
尽管如此,如果它们不象人类一样繁殖如此缓慢,它们对人类的掠夺也不会如此无能为力。 - Experimental research of glass depredation
玻璃镜破坏痕迹的试验研究 - 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。 - 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 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。 - Inadequate appropriations make it impossible for the division of forestry to protect the reserves from forest fires and from depredation of timber thieves, but a start had been made.
拨款不足使林业管理局难以防止森林保护区遭遇火灾和木材盗贼的劫掠,但保护行动毕竟已开始。 - 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。