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

despoildespoil /dɪˈspɔɪl/ verb [transitive] literary

ETYMOLOGYdespoil

Origin: 1200-1300 Old French despoillier, from Latin spoliare to rob

VERB TABLE

despoil

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	despoil
	he, she, it	despoils
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	despoiled
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have despoiled
	he, she, it	has despoiled
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had despoiled
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will despoil
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have despoiled

Continuous Form
Present	I	am despoiling
	he, she, it	is despoiling
	you, we, they	are despoiling
Past	I, he, she, it	was despoiling
	you, we, they	were despoiling
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been despoiling
	he, she, it	has been despoiling
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been despoiling
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be despoiling
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been despoiling

1to make a place much less attractive by removing or damaging things: The sandy beaches were despoiled by an oil spill.2to steal from a place or people using force, especially in a war