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robber
英 ['rɒbə] 美 ['rɑbɚ]
这里集中整理“robber”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
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翻译 · 词源 · 例句- n. 强盗；盗贼
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复数: robbers;
中文词源
robber 劫匪
来自 rob,抢劫，-er,人。
英文词源
- robber (n.)
- late 12c., from Anglo-French robbere, Old French robeor, agent noun from rober (see rob). Robber baron in the "corrupt, greedy financier" sense is attested from 1870s, from a comparison of Gilded Age capitalists to medieval European warlords.
It is the attempt of the more shrewd to take advantage of the less shrewd. It is the attempt of the strong to oppress the weak. It is the old robber baron in his castle descending, after men have planted their crops, and stealing them. [Henry Ward Beecher, sermon, "Truthfulness," 1871]
Regulation by combination means that the railroad managers are feudal lords and that you are their serfs. It means that every car load of grain or other produce of your fields and shops that passes over the New York Central shall pay heavy toll for right of transit to Vanderbilt, the robber baron of our modern feudalism, who dominates that way. [W.C. Flagg, testimony to Congress, 1874]
双语例句
- 1. Her younger brother was cut up by a robber last week.
- 她弟弟上周被歹徒砍伤.
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- 2. But then the robber whipped out a gun, and everyone stopped moving.
- 然而那强盗突然亮出枪, 大家都不动了.
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- 3. She grappled with the bank robber, but was thrown to the ground.
- 她与抢劫银行的强盗扭打, 被强盗摔倒在地上.
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- 4. The robber stunned the guard by banging him on the head.
- 抢劫犯猛击那个卫兵的头部使他晕了过去.
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- 5. A witness picked him out of an identification parade as the robber.
- 一名目击者将他从辨认队列中指认出来,说他就是抢匪.
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