depredation

英 [ˌdeprəˈdeɪʃn]

美 [ˌdeprəˈdeɪʃn]

n. 掠夺; 劫掠; 破坏

复数：depredations　

TOEFL GRE

BNC.21940 / COCA.23993

牛津词典

noun

掠夺；劫掠；破坏
acts that cause damage to people's property, lives, etc.

柯林斯词典

N-VAR 掠夺;破坏;蹂躏
Thedepredationsof a person, animal, or force are their harmful actions, which usually involve taking or damaging something.
1. Crops can be all too easily decimated by unchecked depredations by deer...
  任由鹿糟蹋会很容易把庄稼都毁了。
2. Much of the region's environmental depredation is a result of poor planning.
  该地区的环境破坏大都是由于规划不善造成的。

英英释义

noun

an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
Synonym:predation
(usually plural) a destructive action
1. the ravages of time
2. the depredations of age and disease
Synonym:ravage

双语例句

Crops can be all too easily decimated by unchecked depredations by deer
任由鹿糟蹋会很容易把庄稼都毁了。
Western nation at the time of carrying on economic depredation to city in Guangxi, also to enlargement the culture invade.
西方国家在对广西城市进行经济掠夺的同时，也对加大了文化侵略。
However the depredation and waste of water is serious in water diversion project.
在现实层面，我国跨流域调水确乎存在水资源的掠夺性开发和浪费现象。
Engineering cost means the manufacture cost of water commodity and its property right income. It comprises the depredation expense of fixed assets, engineering maintenance expense and engineering operational guidance cost.
工程成本是指生产水商品的成本和产权收益，包括固定资产折旧费用、工程维修费用和工程运行管理费用。
But it was also a century of Dickensian depredation and dislocation.
但那也是一个狄更斯式（Dickensian）掠夺和混乱主导的世纪。
In essence, officers must give up the depredation conception remained and accept the exchange conception.
从根本上说，官员们必须放弃残存的掠夺（腐败）观念，具备交易观念。
Wildlife depredation on livestock: The main depredated livestock were cattle, horses, mules and pigs and the main predators was tigers, and also a few bears and wild dogs.
野生动物对家畜的捕杀：墨脱县被捕杀的家畜主要有牛、骡马和猪，捕杀者主要是虎、黑熊和豺。
Brutal acts of depredation are not uncommon.
残酷的劫掠行为并非罕见。
Much of the region's environmental depredation is a result of poor planning.
该地区的环境破坏大都是由于规划不善造成的。
Even so, they might not be so vulnerable to human depredation if they did not, like humans, reproduce so slowly.
尽管如此，如果它们不象人类一样繁殖如此缓慢，它们对人类的掠夺也不会如此无能为力。