plunder: [17] Plunder is of Dutch origin, and etymologically denotes something like ‘rob of household odds and ends’. It was borrowed from Middle Dutch plunderen, which was presumably derived from the noun plunde or plunne ‘household goods, clothes, etc’, whose origins are unknown.
plunder (n.)
"goods taken by force; act of plundering," 1640s, from plunder (v.).
plunder (v.)
1630s, from German plündern, from Middle High German plunderen "to plunder," originally "to take away household furniture," from plunder (n.) "household goods, clothes," also "lumber, baggage" (14c.; compare Modern German Plunder "lumber, trash"), which is related to Middle Dutch plunder "household goods;" Frisian and Dutch plunje "clothes." A word acquired by English via the Thirty Years War and applied in native use after the outbreak of the English Civil War in 1642. Related: Plundered; plundering. Plunderbund was a U.S. colloquial word from 1914 referring to "a corrupt alliance of corporate and financial interests," with German Bund "alliance, league."
中文解释
1. pl- (place) + under => place under one's control.2. 本来是别人的东西，但是却被某人强行放在自己的控制之下。3. 漂亮的外表之下其实是一个打家劫舍的女土匪。
实用例句
1. Plunder is the very nature of imperialism.
帝国主义的本性就是掠夺.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. The thieves hid their plunder in the cave.
贼把赃物藏在山洞里.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. The invaders plunder at no allowance.
侵略者大肆掠夺.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
4. She faces charges of helping to plunder her country's treasury of billions of dollars.
她面临协助侵吞数十亿美元国家财产的指控。
来自柯林斯例句
5. The thieves are often armed and in some cases have killed for their plunder.