They threatened to shoot him and robbed him of all his possessions.
他們威脅要開槍打死他,並搶走了他的全部東西。
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的賓語是人或地點。如賓語是物品或一定數量的錢,則不用rob,而用steal: He stole cash and valuables worth $500,000。他偷了現金和價值50萬美元的貴重物品。
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 拆東牆補西牆;剜肉補瘡
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 把某人偷個精光
The minute your back’s turned, they’ll rob you blind.
你一轉身,他們就會把你偷個精光。
4.I/we was robbed!British EnglishBrE spokenDSUNFAIR used when you think that you were beaten unfairly in a sport 我/我們輸得不公平!冤枉!〔用於體育比賽中〕
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〔指跟比自己年齡小很多的人有性關系,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.