Word · Frequency #37531
privateer
/ˌpraiəˈtiə/
verb
在官方许可下攻击敌方船只并夺取船只和货物;从事政府支持的掠夺行为。
核心释义
- 1.
在官方许可下攻击敌方船只并夺取船只和货物;从事政府支持的掠夺行为。
To function under official sanction permitting attacks on enemy shipping and seizing ship and cargo; to engage in government-sponsored piracy.
- 2.
倡导政府服务私有化或从中获益。
To advocate or benefit from privatization of government services.
倡导政府服务私有化或从中获益。
相关词与表达Connections
词族Word family
- privateers
- plural, third person singular
- privateered
- past, past participle
- privateering
- present participle
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