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

• Bands of marauding Indians; predatory warfare; a raiding party.
  成群进行抢劫的印第安人；掠夺战争；抢劫团伙。
• Beatings, looting and arson by marauding militias have created an atmosphere of fear and insecurity.
  这些民兵盗匪在村落里打人、抢劫和纵火，制造了恐慌不安的气氛。
• 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。
• KIBATI, Congo ( Reuters)-Hungry, frightened Congolese refugees pleaded for protection from marauding fighters on Sunday while foreign governments discussed aid but hesitated over sending more troops.
  星期天，饥饿受惊的刚果难民恳求得到保护免遭叛乱者的伤害，与此同时外国政府一直在讨论援助却不见加派军队。
• He sensed behind them the marauding forces.
  他觉得那到处劫掠杀戮的大队人马就在他们后面。
• Within the next month, eleven people were killed in the near-by villages by marauding bands-bought soldiers, a few village leaders and the landlords in the Revenge Corps.
  在此后短短一个月的时间内，石壁村附近几个村子里，就有十一人惨遭“还乡团”的毒手。
• Rio, Ivanhoe and the hordes of other mining groups marauding over the steppe may want to see this as a piece of theatre.
  力拓、艾芬豪和其他在蒙古大草原上大肆劫掠的矿商们或许想要把这当成一场戏来看。
• 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 the wild boar ( Sus scrofa) is often found marauding in the swamp margin and it is a source of bushmeat in Asia.
  野猪（Susscrofa）经常被发现在沼泽边掠食，它们本身是亚洲丛林的兽肉来源。
• Manchester United fans may not like this but Phil Jones shares with another Prestonian a sweet marauding talent that sweeps him out of defence and up the pitch.
  曼联球迷可能不喜欢，但琼斯虽然到处踢得很欢但防守的位置感还是差点。