They threatened to shoot him and robbed him of all his possessions.
他们威胁要开枪打死他,并抢走了他的全部东西。
You say that someone robs a person or place. Do not say that someone robs an object or an amount of money. Use steal: He stole cash and valuables worth $500,000.
Rob的宾语是人或地点。如宾语是物品或一定数量的钱,则不用rob,而用steal: He stole cash and valuables worth $500,000。他偷了现金和价值50万美元的贵重物品。
2rob Peter to pay PaulTAKE something FROM somebodyGIVEto take money away from someone or something that needs it in order to pay someone else or use it for something else 拆东墙补西墙;剜肉补疮
Taking money out of the hospital’s budget for this is simply robbing Peter to pay Paul.
3rob somebody blindinformal to steal everything someone has 把某人偷个精光
The minute your back’s turned, they’ll rob you blind.
你一转身,他们就会把你偷个精光。
4.I/we was robbed!British EnglishBrE spokenDSUNFAIR used when you think that you were beaten unfairly in a sport 我/我们输得不公平!冤枉!〔用于体育比赛中〕
5.rob the cradleAmerican EnglishAmESEX/HAVE SEX WITH to have a sexualrelationship with someone who is a lot younger than you – used humorously 老牛吃嫩草〔指跟比自己年龄小很多的人有性关系,幽默用法〕SYN British English cradle-snatch
rob• Police are looking for a man who robbed a gas station on Van Ness Avenue.• He got five years in jail for robbing a gas station.• The woman had been robbed and was badly shaken.• They rob die-hard travelers of a work or vacation day.• Two men tried to rob him as he left the restaurant.• The thieves contributed to rob me of my ally, silencing him twice over.• Two men robbed the Central Bank yesterday, escaping with over $1 million.• Their insecurities too often robbed the managers of invaluable support, just when they needed it most.• In addition, the migration from rural areas to the cities has robbed the region of many of its trufflegatherers.• They weight us down, they rob us, they starve us.
rob somebody of something• Her first husband had robbed her of her fortune.
➡ See also the entry for steal另见steal条rob ♦︎ loot ♦︎ break into sth ♦︎ raid ♦︎ plunder ♦︎ ransack ♦︎ burgle ♦︎ burglarize ♦︎ hold up sb/sthThese words all mean to steal money or property, especially from a place.这些词均表示抢劫、掠夺、盗取。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to be robbed / plundered of sth◆to rob / loot / break into / raid / ransack / burgle / burglarize a building / shop / store◆to rob / break into / raid / ransack / burgle / burglarize a house◆to rob / hold up a bank◆to loot / plunder a town / city◆to rob / raid a tomb■rob(-bb-) [transitive] to steal money or property from a person or place抢劫;掠夺;盗取◆An armed gang robbed a bank in Main Street last night.一伙持械匪徒昨晚抢劫了主街上的一家银行。◆The gang had robbed and killed the drugstore owner.那伙匪徒抢劫并杀害了药房的老板。◆He was accused of robbing the company's pension funds.他被指控盗取公司的养老基金。◆The tomb had been robbed of all its treasures.坟墓里的财宝已被盗劫一空。 see also robber ⇨ thief, robbery ⇨ theft■loot luːt [transitive, often passive, intransitive] to steal things from shops or buildings, especially after a place has been bombed, after a fire or during a riot(= a situation of violent disorder)(被炸、火灾或暴乱后)打劫,抢劫,劫掠◆Most of the stores in the town had been looted.镇上的商店大多已被洗劫一空。◆The invaders rampaged through the streets, looting and killing.入侵者在街上横冲直撞,屠杀劫掠。 see also looter ⇨ thief■ˌbreak ˈinto sth
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(broke, broken)to enter a building or open a vehicle by force, especially in order to steal things from it(尤指为盗窃)强行闯入;撬开(车辆)◆Thieves broke into the store and got away with $50 000.窃贼闯入商店偷走了5万元。◆Our car got broken into last night.我们的车昨晚被撬了。 see also break-in ⇨ theft■raid [transitive] to enter a place, usually using force, and steal things from it劫掠;打劫◆Many treasures were lost when the tombs were raided in the last century.上世纪这些坟墓遭到偷盗,很多财宝都失踪了。◆ (humorous) I caught him raiding the fridge again(= taking food from it).我撞见他又在扫荡冰箱里的食物。 see also raid ⇨ theft, raider ⇨ thief■plunder [intransitive, transitive] (formal) to steal things from a place or region, especially during a war, using force(尤指战乱时)抢劫,掠夺◆The troops crossed the country, plundering and looting as they went.部队经过乡村,一路抢劫掳掠。◆Delhi was captured and plundered in 1739.德里1739年被占领并劫掠。■ransack ˈrænsæk [transitive] to search a place, making it untidy and causing damage, because you are looking for sth, usually in order to steal it(通常为了盗窃某物)翻腾搜索;洗劫◆The house had been ransacked by burglars.这房子曾遭到盗贼洗劫。◆Police completely ransacked the offices in their search for the missing files.为找到丢失的文件,警方彻底搜查了那些办公室。■burgleˈbɜːgl; NAmEˈbɜːrgl [transitive] (BrE) to enter a building illegally, usually using force, and steal things from it入室盗窃◆Her house has been burgled five times.她的房子已五次被盗。◆We were burgled while we were away(= our house was burgled).我们外出时家里失窃了。 see also burglary ⇨ theft■burglarizeˈbɜːgləraɪz; NAmEˈbɜːrgləraɪz (NAmE) to burgle sb/sth入室盗窃◆The doctor's office is frequently burglarized by drug addicts.医生的办公室经常遭瘾君子入室行窃。NOTE辨析 Raid or burgle/burglarize?Burgle/burglarize is only used to talk about buildings, especially people's homes; raid can be used to talk about any place, but is used especially about shops and businesses and with the word tombs (but not graves which can only be robbed). * burgle/burglarize仅指入室盗窃,尤指进入别人家里行窃;raid可指在任何地方行窃,尤指进入商店或企业偷东西。raid可与tomb搭配,但不与grave搭配,后者只能与rob搭配。■ˌhold up ˈsb/sth
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(held, held)to rob a bank, shop or vehicle using a weapon持械抢劫(银行、商店或车辆)◆Masked men held up a security van in South London yesterday.几个蒙面男子昨天在伦敦南部抢劫了一辆押款车。◆They were held up at gunpoint.他们遭持枪抢劫。