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pil·lage noun /ˈpɪlɪdʒ/ /ˈpɪlɪdʒ/ [uncountable]- the act of stealing things from a place or region, especially in a war, using violence抢劫；劫掠；掠夺
- They brought back horrific accounts of murder and pillage.他们带回了残杀掳掠的可怕消息。
Topics War and conflictc2
pil·lage verb /ˈpɪlɪdʒ/ /ˈpɪlɪdʒ/ [intransitive, transitive, often passive]- to steal things from a place or region, especially in a war, using violence抢劫；劫掠；掠夺 synonym plunder
- The rebels went looting and pillaging.叛乱者趁火打劫，掠夺财物。
- be pillaged The town had been pillaged and burned.这座城镇被洗劫焚毁。
- be pillaged from something Works of art were pillaged from churches and museums.教堂和博物馆的艺术品被劫掠一空。
- pillage something (from something) They pillaged the resources of the conquered colonies.他们掠夺被征服殖民地的资源。
Topics War and conflictc2Word Originlate Middle English (as a noun): from Old French, from piller ‘to plunder’.
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