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 rob [rɒb]   添加此单词到默认生词本
vt. 抢夺, 抢掠, 剥夺

vi. 抢夺, 抢掠, 剥夺

[医] 果子冻, 厚糖浆




    rob
    robbed, robbing
    [ verb ]
    1. take something away by force or without the consent of the owner

    2. <verb.possession>
      The burglars robbed him of all his money
    3. rip off; ask an unreasonable price

    4. <verb.possession> fleece gazump hook overcharge pluck plume soak surcharge


    Rob \Rob\, n. [F.; cf. Sp. rob, It. rob, robbo, Pg. robe,
    arrobe, Ar. rubb, robb, Per. rub.]
    The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation
    of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of
    a sirup. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar. [Written
    also {rhob}, and {rohob}.]


    Rob \Rob\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Robbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
    {Robbing}.] [OF. rober, of German origin; cf. OHG. roub?n, G.
    rauben, and OHG. roub robbing, booty, G. raub. [root]114. See
    {Reave},and cf. {Robe}.]
    1. To take (something) away from by force; to strip by
    stealing; to plunder; to pillage; to steal from.

    Who would rob a hermit of his weeds,
    His few books, or his beads, or maple dish?
    --Milton.

    He that is robbed, not wanting what is stolen,
    Let him not know it, and he's not robbed at all.
    --Shak.

    To be executed for robbing a church. --Shak.

    2. (Law) To take the property of (any one) from his person,
    or in his presence, feloniously, and against his will, by
    violence or by putting him in fear.

    3. To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously;
    to defraud; as, to rob one of his rest, or of his good
    name; a tree robs the plants near it of sunlight.

    I never robbed the soldiers of their pay. --Shak.


    Rob \Rob\, v. i.
    To take that which belongs to another, without right or
    permission, esp. by violence.

    I am accursed to rob in that thief's company. --Shak.

    1. Diplomats in Rangoon have said Sein Lwin appears ready to make some economic reforms while also putting down dissent to rob popular opposition movements of potential leaders.
    2. Songwriters fear the machines _ which allow consumers to make near-perfect pirate copies of compact disks _ will rob them of royalties.
    3. Prosecutors said today they have filed criminal charges against former Communist Party chief Erich Honecker and five other ousted officials accused of using their power to rob the state and live in luxury.
    4. The agreement came after France and West Germany overrode objections by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher that radical monetary integration will rob member countries of sovereign rights to decide national economic policy.
    5. Such concerns rob money managers and individual investors of the urgency to buy stocks, he adds.
    6. Wilkins helped rob an Avondale, Mo., liquor store.
    7. "They needed money," Ball testified Tuesday. "They wanted a score, that is, to rob somebody." Ball pleaded guilty to manslaughter as the getaway driver.
    8. A short time later, Harrison told police, a man attempted to rob him and shot at him on a Killeen street.
    9. That day he and a pal named William Humphrey were rehearsing a scheme to rob the Carswell Air Force Base payroll.
    10. Authorities moved in with shotguns and tear gas, firing birdshot warnings in one instance to disperse attackers trying to rob a security man.
    11. For end-1993, his Footsie target is 3,500, and says further turbulence in the ERM will not rob the UK of the advantages of competitive devaluation. Seaq volume of 522.1m shares yesterday against 578.4m in the previous session indicated lively trading.
    12. I was planning to rob this woman all along.
    13. Slotnick also represented Goetz, who was convicted on a weapons charge for shooting four youths he said were trying to rob him on a subway train.
    14. "I was planning to rob this woman all along," said the curly haired, 28-year-old prisoner. "It was all set up.
    15. In 1892, the Dalton Gang, notorious for its train robberies, was practically wiped out while attempting to rob a pair of banks in Coffeyville, Kan.
    16. He said the men identified themselves as Federal Judicial Police officers, but that he didn't stop because he was afraid they would rob him.
    17. Such emotional clutter would rob most folks of their sanity; it robs Henley of his hooks.
    18. The company must have reasoned that Ofwat is far enough down the road not to indulge in last minute tinkering. To do so would rob management of the incentive to cut costs, which is precisely what the system of price cap regulation is supposed to deliver.
    19. As baby boomers age and medical advances increase their life span, a larger group of Americans will be at risk of developing the debilitating diseases that rob the elderly of their independence, the researchers said Tuesday.
    20. But Joynes said the cadets' respect for authority may have been what led Jasinski into going along with his father's alleged plot to rob the armored car of Coin Depot Armored Car Co., where the elder Jasinski worked as a part-time driver.
    21. "The suspects would attack from behind with bottles and bricks and rob them of their property," Royster said.
    22. The practice players, who never appear in actual games, complained that the NFL teams violated the Sherman Act's prohibition against restraint of trade by conspiring to rob them of the ability to negotiate for their salaries.
    23. I had to rob my kid's piggy banks," he said.
    24. He said at least eight false documents surfaced recently and said they were an attempt to rob the government of credibility.
    25. The result was to rob children of some significant chance for creative play, as they tried instead to mimic the scripts they had seen on television.
    26. Thought for today: "So often we rob tomorrow's memories by today's economies."_ John Mason Brown, American critic and lecturer (1900-1969).
    27. Aristides Sanchez, a spokesman for the Nicaraguan Resistance _ an umbrella group for the Contras _ said on Costa Rican radio the Sandinista government blamed the rebels for the attack to rob them of U.S. congressional support.
    28. In April the church leadership apparently attempted to rob Aristide of his power base _ the capital's slums _ by transferring him to a remote rural parish north of Port-au-Prince.
    29. Two armed men wearing masks resembling former Presidents Reagan and Carter attempted to rob a bank but a fast-acting employee locked them out.
    30. The exposure was important because the man who tried to rob the restaurant had his shirt pulled up and over his head, exposing his midsection.
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