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seize/take/steal booty
The pirates seized the booty from the ship.
海盗们夺取了船上的战利品。
战利品
booties — plural of booty
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战利品
goods seized from an enemy in war
The pirates seized the booty from the ship.
海盗们夺取了船上的战利品。
一种奖品形式,当船只在海上被捕获时,可以立即分配
A form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once.
非法获得的财物或金钱
goods or money obtained illegally
战争中从敌人处夺取的战利品,或通过海盗行为获得的掠夺物。
Plunder taken from an enemy in time of war, or seized by piracy.
从其他地方偷窃或非法、恶作剧或贪婪地获得的东西
Something that has been stolen or illegally, mischievously, or greedily obtained from elsewhere.
The pirates divided the booty equally among themselves.
海盗们把赃物平分了。
The thieves escaped with their booty in the middle of the night.
盗贼们在半夜带着赃物逃跑了。
After the raid, they hid the booty in a secret cave.
袭击后，他们把赃物藏在一个秘密的洞穴里。
The pirates seized the booty from the ship.
海盗们夺取了船上的战利品。
They split the booty equally among the crew.
他们把所有赃物平分给了全体船员。
booty常与of或from连用表示来源。
The museum displayed the booty of ancient conquests.
博物馆展出了古代征服的战利品。
Not this
The pirates found a lot of beauty.
Use this
The pirates found a lot of booty.
学生可能将 booty 与 beauty 混淆，因为发音相似。正确的拼写是 booty，意为战利品。
Not this
He found a booty in the cave.
Use this
He found booty in the cave.
学生可能误以为 booty 是可数名词，使用了不定冠词。实际上，booty 通常作为不可数名词，表示一般概念的赃物或战利品，不加 a。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
海盗掠夺的财物
The old map supposedly leads to buried pirate booty.
那张旧地图据说是通往海盗埋藏的财宝。
战利品
The soldiers returned with their war booty from the conquered city.
士兵们带着从被征服城市缴获的战利品归来。
被盗的赃物
The police found the stolen booty hidden in the warehouse.
警方在仓库里找到了被盗的赃物。
分赃
The gang decided to split the booty evenly after the heist.
劫案后，团伙决定平分赃物。
夺取战利品
The pirates seized booty from every ship they encountered.
海盗们从遇到的每艘船上抢夺财物。
发长 /uː/ 音 (如 food, boot)
Use booties naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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boot（靴子）一词加y，想象海盗把赃物塞进靴子里带走，booty即战利品、赃物。
语域：formal 常见场景：historical accounts、pirate stories、legal documents 该义项表示战争或海盗掠夺的财物，或非法获取的钱物，通常用于历史叙述、文学或法律语境，口语中不常用。
复数形式 booties 较少用
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