He was like a lamb in the hands of the swindlers, and they fleeced him of all his savings. 那些骗子使他轻易地上当受骗,然后诈取了他所有的积蓄。
I was fleeced of what little I had. 我所有的一点钱都被骗走了。
They really fleeced us at that hotel. 在那个旅店,他们简直是敲诈我们。
Fleeced \Fleeced\, a. 1. Furnished with a fleece; as, a sheep is well fleeced. --Spenser.
2. Stripped of a fleece; plundered; robbed.
Fleece \Fleece\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fleeced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fleecing}.] 1. To deprive of a fleece, or natural covering of wool.
2. To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressions and exactions.
Whilst pope and prince shared the wool betwixt them, the people were finely fleeced. --Fuller.
3. To spread over as with wool. [R.] --Thomson.
In the early 1930s there was an unprecedented period of expansion, with 200 British films being made in 1936 alone - until the financiers found they were being fleeced and retired hurt.
Sara Lee Corp. launched an offer of $10 a share for 50% of Pannill Knitting Co., a maker and distributor of fleeced sportswear.
Teddy Bear made it home for Christmas, a bit battered but still a happy sight to the dog's owners, who were almost fleeced out of reward money offered for their pet's return.
Among them are hundreds who say they were fleeced when they bought small lots at Wild Acres for vacation and retirement homes.