depredation
depredation 英 [ˌdeprəˈdeɪʃn] 美 [ˌdɛprɪˈdeʃən]
n. 掠夺；破坏，破坏痕迹
名词复数:depredations
- The horrors of war include depredation — the plundering and ransacking of the defeated and their homes, the terrible, unrestrained preying on the conquered. The word depredation entails all of the pain humans inflict upon each other.
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- n. 掠夺；破坏，破坏痕迹
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1. any illegal acts of violence or detention, or any act of depredation, committed for private ends by the crew or the passengers of a private ship or a private aircraft, and directed
私人船舶或私人飞机的船员、机组成员或乘客为私人目的 对下列对象所从事的任何非法的暴力或扣留行为 或任何掠夺行为
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2. What is the general way to regard the impressions left by humanity in the sky – are they seen as signs of progress relating to the conquest of space, or as the start of the depredation of space (too)?
通常来说，怎么看待人类在天空留下的这些“印象”呢？ 是人类征服太空的进步标志，还是对太空破坏的开端？
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3. A Wildlife Services trapper from the U.S. Department of Agriculture was sent to verify the kills and then carry out an order to eliminate three wolves from the pack responsible for the depredation.
为了验证狼群的偷猎情况，美国农业部曾派来一名野生动物管理员，调查之后三条‘肇事’的狼被定点清除。
- depredation (n.) late 15c., from Middle French déprédation, from Late Latin depraedationem (nominative depraedatio) "a plundering," from past participle stem of Latin depraedari "to pillage," from de- "thoroughly" (see de-) + praedari "to plunder," literally "to make prey of," from praeda "prey" (see prey (n.)).
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