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

• Everyone, whether in the country or the city, has been freed from fear of pillage and plunder by marauding troops.
  无论是在乡村还是在城市，人们都不用担心被军队抢劫。
• 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。
• 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。
• The town survived the depredations of marauding gangs. The twins grew up to lead a band of outlaws who raided the countryside, until eventually their true identity was discovered.
  这个城镇经受住了打家劫舍的匪徒造成的破坏.他们后来成为一群打家劫舍的强盗头领，直到最后他们的真正身份被人发现。
• Certainly it would be better than losing the bulbs to the marauding bands of fleeing German soldiers.
  当然，吃了总比让那些溃逃的德国兵抢去了强。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They went in fear of attack by marauding bands.
  他们提心吊胆生怕遭到劫匪的袭击。
• 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。