英语词汇“despoil”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

de·spoil

(dĭ-spoil)

tr.v. de·spoiled, de·spoil·ing, de·spoils

1. To deprive of something valuable, especially by force; rob: The invaders despoiled the town of its art treasures. He was despoiled of his inheritance by crooked lawyers.

2. To ruin, especially by destroying or removing what is valuable: "a landscape that had been raped and despoiled by coal mining" (George Black).

[Middle English despoilen, from Old French despoillier, from Latin dēspoliāre : dē-, de- + spoliāre, to plunder (from spolium, booty).]

de·spoiler n.

de·spoilment n.

单词	despoil
释义	de·spoil (dĭ-spoil) tr.v. de·spoiled, de·spoil·ing, de·spoils 1. To deprive of something valuable, especially by force; rob: The invaders despoiled the town of its art treasures. He was despoiled of his inheritance by crooked lawyers. 2. To ruin, especially by destroying or removing what is valuable: "a landscape that had been raped and despoiled by coal mining" (George Black). [Middle English despoilen, from Old French despoillier, from Latin dēspoliāre : dē-, de- + spoliāre, to plunder (from spolium, booty).] de·spoiler n. de·spoilment n.
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