spoliation
英 [,spəʊlɪ'eɪʃ(ə)n]
美[,spolɪ'eʃən]
- n. 强夺；毁弃
英英释义
- 1. (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence
- 2. the act of stripping and taking by force
实用场景例句
- 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.
辞典例句
双语例句
- 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
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.)).