rob
v
(-bb-) [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb/sth (of sth)1 take property from (a person or place) illegally 搶奪; 搶劫; 盜竊
I was robbed (of my cash and cheque-book). 我(的現金和支票簿)被搶了.
accused of robbing a bank (of one million pounds) 被控搶劫銀行(一百萬鎊). =>Usage 見所附用法.
2 deprive sb/sth (of what is expected or normal) 剝奪某人[某事物](想要的或應有的事物)
Those cats robbed me of my sleep. 那些貓吵得我無法入睡.
(fig 比喻) The fact that he had lied before robbed his words of any credibility. 由於他過去說過謊話, 他的話已經沒有人相信了.
3 (idm 習語) ,rob ,Peter to ,pay `Paul pay one debt, etc with money borrowed from somewhere else, thus creating another debt 借新債還舊債; 拆東墻補西墻. rob, NOTE ON USAGE 用法
Compare rob, steal and burgle. 試比較 rob、 steal、 burgle 這三個詞. A robber or thief robs a place, eg a bank, or a person (of things, especially money) and he steals things (from a place or person). 劫匪或強盜rob的對象是`某處所(如銀行)或某人'; 他們劫的`物(尤指錢)'要用`of +物'來表達. 他們steal的對象是`物'; 受損失的`處所或人'要用`from +處所或人'來表達. A burglar burgles a house by forcing a way into it and stealing from it. 竊賊burgle的對象是`房子', 指以破門、 撬鎖等手段強行入戶行竊.
?? 考研助記
拿著叉子(r)反對(ob) 搶劫 robber (n.搶盜)-rob(v.搶劫)
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*[r?b]vt. 搶奪, 搶掠, 剝奪vi. 搶奪, 搶掠, 剝奪【醫】 果子凍, 厚糖漿相關詞組: rob sb of sth