spoliation
- 英式英标[,spolɪ\'eʃən]
- 美式音标[,spəʊlɪ\'eɪʃ(ə)n]
英文词源
- spoliation
- spoliation: see spoil
- spoliation (n.)
- "robbery, plunder," c. 1400, from Latin spoliationem (nominative spoliatio) "a robbing, plundering, pillaging," noun of action from past participle stem of spoliare "to plunder, rob" (see spoil (v.)).
实用例句
- 1. What we intend to halt, by any means, is three centuries of spoliation of this earth.
- 我们所要做的, 就是用任何方法, 阻止三个世纪以来对这个地球所进得的掠夺.
来自辞典例句
