pillaging 中文意思、发音与例句

pillaging 作名词时常用 the pillaging of + 地点或财物，表示对某地或某物的掠夺行为。

The pillaging of the temple shocked the whole region.

对这座神庙的掠夺震惊了整个地区。

用 by 引出实施掠夺的一方，说明掠夺行为是谁做的。

The village never recovered from the pillaging by the retreating troops.

engage in 后接 pillaging 这类表示行为的动名词，语气较正式，强调参与某种活动。

The soldiers were ordered not to engage in pillaging.

士兵们被命令不得参与掠夺。

grammar · medium

易错句子The city suffered a terrible pillaging during the war.

正确表达The city suffered terrible pillaging during the war.

pillaging 表示“抢劫、掠夺”这一行为时是不可数名词，不能加不定冠词 a/an。表示泛指时直接使用 pillaging，前面不加冠词。

grammar · medium

易错句子The soldiers pillaging the town last night.

正确表达The soldiers were pillaging the town last night.

pillaging 是 -ing 分词形式，不能单独作谓语；表示过去正在进行的动作时必须加上 be 动词，构成过去进行时 were pillaging。

grammar · medium

易错句子The pillaging to the ancient city lasted a week.

正确表达The pillaging of the ancient city lasted a week.

表示“对某地的掠夺”时，pillaging 后接介词 of 引出被掠夺的对象，不用 to；of 在这里表示动作的承受者。

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