marauding

英 [məˈrɔːdɪŋ]

美 [məˈrɔːdɪŋ]

adj.  (到处)抢劫的，打劫的，劫掠的
v.  战时侵入敌方掠夺、抢劫或搜寻战利品; 抢劫，掳掠，攫夺
maraud的现在分词

现在分词：marauding　

BNC.20039 / COCA.24688

牛津词典

adj.

• （到处）抢劫的，打劫的，劫掠的
  going around a place in search of things to steal or people to attack
  1. marauding wolves
     到处猎食的狼群

柯林斯词典

• ADJ (人)四处劫掠的;(动物)四处攫食的
  If you talk aboutmaraudinggroups of people or animals, you mean they are unpleasant and dangerous, because they wander around looking for opportunities to steal or kill.
  1. Marauding gangs of armed men have been looting food relief supplies.
     持械抢劫团伙一直在四处抢劫救济食品。
  2. ...safe from danger, such as marauding wild animals.
     远离了诸如觅食野兽之类的危险

英英释义

adj

• characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding
  1. bands of marauding Indians
  2. predatory warfare
  3. a raiding party
  Synonym:predatoryraiding

双语例句

• Then the Bosnians were overrun by marauding Serbs. Now Ukraine is buckling under the military might of a revanchist Russia.
  当时波斯尼亚人被四处劫掠的塞尔维亚人蹂躏，而如今的乌克兰则受到复仇的俄罗斯的军事力量的压迫。
• If their mother had known of this marauding, she would have punished the delinquents severely.
  母亲如果知道了这种欺诈行为，一定会严厉惩罚这些小骗子的。
• Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee star as a father and son who face starving stragglers and marauding packs of cannibals after a nuclear explosion destroys America.
  影片中维果·莫特森和柯蒂·斯密特-麦菲饰演了一对父子，在核爆炸摧毁了美国后，他们面临饥饿、迷失方向、被食人族袭击的故事。
• The French president was first to recognise the "national council" in Benghazi, first to talk of the need for air strikes and first to send planes to repel Muammar Qaddafi's marauding forces.
  法国总统第一个承认利比亚反政府武装在班加西的“国民议会”，第一个放话说有必要对利比亚进行空中打击以及第一个派遣空军击退卡扎菲残暴的政府军。
• Settlers once ran into Payson for protection from marauding Apaches;
  移民们曾经跑到佩森寻求保护，以便躲避阿帕齐人的劫掠。
• The flocks were penned in for the night as a protection against marauding wolves.
  羊群晚上被圈起来，以防恶狼掠走。
• Marauding gangs of armed men have been looting food relief supplies.
  持械抢劫团伙一直在四处抢劫救济食品。
• They went in fear of attack by marauding bands.
  他们提心吊胆生怕遭到劫匪的袭击。
• The Danes also hold an annual celebration of somewhat less genteel ancestors-the marauding Vikings.
  同时丹麦人也为他们不那么体面的老祖先&维京海盗们举行着一年一度的庆典。
• The trucks tried to drive to the British base, running the gauntlet of marauding bands of gunmen.
  卡车队试图冲过几帮劫匪的火力网开赴英军基地。