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Vandalism Public School Property Crime Word Vandal 英

英语单词 vandalism
英美音标 英 ['vændəlɪzəm] 美 ['vændəlɪzəm]
中文释义 n.【U】故意破坏公物(艺术或文化的等)的行为
英语例句 (1) The school suffered from widespread vandalism.
(2) However, vandalism and theft are criminal offenses.
中文例句 (1) 这所学校遭受广泛的野蛮破坏。
(2) 然而,故意破坏和偷窃是犯罪行为。
vocabulary简明 Vandalism is the destruction of someone else's property. Some people think of graffiti as public art, while others dismiss it as nothing but vandalism.
vocabulary扩展 If you damage public or private property on purpose, you've committed the crime of vandalism. The range of vandalism can vary from carving your initials in a desk at school to tearing pages out of a library book to breaking windows of a building. The word vandal comes from the Vandals, the Germanic tribe that attacked Rome in 455. The tribe's name meant "wanderer," but the word vandal was used in the 1600s to mean "destroyer of what is beautiful."
柯林斯解释
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](尤指对公共财产的)故意破坏,捣毁 Vandalism is the deliberate damaging of things, especially public property.
  • ...acts of vandalism.

    故意破坏公共财产的行为

  • ...a 13-year-old boy whose crime file includes violence, theft, vandalism and bullying.

    集暴力犯罪、偷窃、故意破坏公共财产和流氓行径等罪行于一身的13岁男孩

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