V-T/V-I If people loot, or loot stores or houses, they steal things from them, for example, during a war or riot. (战争或暴乱时) 抢劫 (商店或房屋)
The trouble began when gangs began breaking windows and looting shops.
骚乱起始时,歹徒们就开始砸橱窗、抢商店。
looting N-UNCOUNT 抢劫
In the country's largest cities there has been rioting and looting.
在这个国家的大城市里一直都有暴乱和抢劫事件发生。
V-T If someone loots things, they steal them, for example, during a war or riot. (战争或暴乱时) 掠夺
The town has been plagued by armed thugs who have looted food supplies and terrorized the population.
小镇一直受到武装暴徒的侵扰,他们掠夺食物,恐吓民众。
San Francisco mayor Frank Jordan declared a state of emergency in the city as the looting continued into the night.
由于抢劫一直持续到夜里,旧金山市市长弗兰克·乔丹宣布全市进入紧急状态。
Japanese people have shown great civility amid this massive natural disaster and there have been no instances of looting.
在这次巨大的自然灾难中, 日本人民表现出了极好的社会公德,没有发生任何抢劫事件。
Police in London are lining up a huge police operation for the Notting Hill Carnival in the wake of the rioting and looting that hit the city earlier this month.
本月早些时候,伦敦发生了骚乱和抢劫事件,目前伦敦警方正在为诺丁山狂欢节组织大规模警力。
They are looting and trying to have access to food and other basic needs.
VOA: standard.2009.08.27
(SAYING) The Kyrgyz revolt sparked widespread looting of kiosks,supermarkets and shopping malls.
VOA: standard.2010.04.15
Secretary Clinton is also scheduled to make a brief visit to Goma in eastern Congo, where government soldiers in North and South Kivu provinces have been accused of mass looting and raping countless civilians.
VOA: standard.2009.07.31
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