depredation
depredation
[ˌdɛprɪˈdeɪʃ(ə)n]
noun
[ˌdɛprɪˈdeɪʃ(ə)n]
noun
- (一般作 depredations)an act of attacking or plundering
破坏；损害；蹂躏；掠夺，劫掠
protecting grain from the depredations of rats and mice.
保护粮食不受鼠类糟蹋。
- late 15th cent. (in the sense 'plundering, robbery', (plural) 'ravages'): from French déprédation, from late Latin depraedatio(n-), from depraedari 'plunder'
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