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单词 despoil
释义
despoilde‧spoil /dɪˈspɔɪl/ verb [transitive] literary Word Origin
WORD ORIGINdespoil
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French despoillier, from Latin spoliare ‘to rob’
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
despoil
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theydespoil
he, she, itdespoils
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theydespoiled
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave despoiled
he, she, ithas despoiled
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad despoiled
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill despoil
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have despoiled
Continuous Form
PresentIam despoiling
he, she, itis despoiling
you, we, theyare despoiling
PastI, he, she, itwas despoiling
you, we, theywere despoiling
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been despoiling
he, she, ithas been despoiling
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been despoiling
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be despoiling
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been despoiling
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • The sandy beaches are being despoiled by an oil spill.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • It made little difference if a dreadful rash despoiled both little faces.
  • On the contrary, they saw themselves as purifying a church that had become diluted, dehydrated, and despoiled.
  • Regulated, socialised economies trample on human dignity, despoil the natural environment and depress economic performance.
1to make a place much less attractive by removing or damaging thingsspoil2to steal from a place or people using force, especially in a war
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