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despoil + obj
直接接宾语，表示掠夺或毁坏某物。
The invaders despoiled the city.
入侵者洗劫了城市。
夺取, 掠夺
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夺取, 掠夺
steal goods; take as spoils
The invaders despoiled the city.
入侵者洗劫了城市。
掠夺,抢劫
To plunder; to pillage; take spoil from.
掠夺；抢劫
To violently strip (someone), with indirect object of their possessions etc.; to rob.
despoil
Base
原形
despoils
3rd person
第三人称单数
despoiling
-ing
现在分词
despoiled
Past
过去式
despoiled
Past participle
过去分词
They despoil the forest for timber.
他们为了木材掠夺森林。
The invaders despoiled the village.
入侵者掠夺了村庄。
The land has been despoiled by mining.
这片土地已被采矿破坏。
常与of连用，如despoil sb of sth
The invaders despoiled the village of its food and livestock.
入侵者掠夺了村庄的粮食和牲畜。
Corrupt officials often despoil public funds for personal gain.
腐败官员常为私利侵吞公款。
The storm despoiled the orchard, stripping it of all its fruit.
暴风雨毁坏了果园，剥落了所有的果实。
直接接宾语，表示掠夺或毁坏某物。
The invaders despoiled the city.
入侵者洗劫了城市。
“of”后接被夺走的事物。
The conquerors despoiled the temple of its treasures.
征服者掠夺了寺庙的财宝。
Not this
The despoil of the city was swift.
Use this
The despoiling of the city was swift.
Despoil是动词，不能直接用作名词。应使用动名词形式despoiling或其他名词如despoliation。
Not this
They despoiled many treasures from the temple.
Use this
They despoiled the temple of its many treasures.
Despoil通常以被掠夺的地方为宾语，用of引出被掠夺的物品，而不是用from直接引出物品。
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常与of连用，表示从某处掠夺某物
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