despoil

🇺🇸 /dɪˈspɔɪl/ 🇬🇧 /dɪˈspɔɪl/
詞頻
難度
標籤 RARE
verb
R

To take something valuable from a place without permission, or to damage a place and make it less beautiful.

The vandals despoiled the ancient monument by chipping away at its intricate carvings.

破壞者透過剝落其複雜的雕刻來破壞這座古老的紀念碑。

translation

v. 掠奪

詞形變化

3rd Present despoils
Past despoiled
Perfect despoiled
Progressive despoiling