rob
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they rob | |
| he / she / it robs | |
| past simple robbed | |
| past participle robbed | |
| -ing form robbing |
- rob somebody/something (of something)
to steal money or property from a person or place 抢劫；掠夺；盗取 to rob a bank 抢劫银行 The tomb had been robbed of its treasures. 这座坟墓里的财宝早已被盗。 The gang had robbed and killed the drugstore owner. 那伙匪徒抢劫并杀害了药房的老板。
Collocations CrimeCrime 犯罪 Committing a crime 犯罪 - commit a crime/a murder/a violent assault/a brutal killing/an armed robbery/fraud
犯罪／谋杀罪／暴力侵犯他人身体罪／残杀罪／持械抢劫罪／诈骗罪 - be involved in terrorism/a suspected arson attack/people smuggling/human trafficking
参与恐怖主义活动；涉嫌纵火袭击；参与人口走私／人口贩卖 - engage/participate in criminal activity/illegal practices/acts of mindless vandalism
参与犯罪活动／非法活动／愚昧的故意毁坏他人财产的行为 - steal somebody’s wallet/purse/(British English) mobile phone/(North American English) cell phone
偷某人的钱包／手机 - rob a bank/a person/a tourist
抢劫银行／他人／游客 - break into/ (British English) burgle/ (North American English) burglarize a house/a home/an apartment
入室盗窃 - hijack a plane/ship/bus
劫持飞机／轮船／公共汽车 - smuggle drugs/weapons/arms/immigrants
走私毒品／武器／军火；偷运移民 - launder drug money (through something)
（通过…）洗毒资 - forge documents/certificates/passports
伪造文件／证件／护照 - take/accept/pay somebody/offer (somebody) a bribe
索取／收受贿赂；向（某人）行贿 - run a phishing/an email/an internet scam
进行网络钓鱼／电子邮件／互联网诈骗
Fighting crime 打击犯罪 - combat/fight crime/terrorism/corruption/drug trafficking
打击犯罪／恐怖主义／腐败／贩毒 - prevent/stop credit-card fraud/child abuse/software piracy
防止／阻止信用卡诈骗／虐待儿童／软件盗版 - deter/stop criminals/burglars/thieves/shoplifters/vandals
威慑／阻止犯罪分子／入室盗窃者／小偷／商店扒手／故意破坏公物者 - reduce/tackle/crack down on knife/gun/violent/street crime; (especially British English) antisocial behaviour
减少／处理／严厉打击持刀／持枪／暴力／街头犯罪／反社会行为 - foil a bank raid/a terrorist plot
挫败一起银行抢劫案／一次恐怖分子的阴谋 - help/support/protect the victims of crime
帮助／支持／保护犯罪活动的受害者
Investigating crime 调查犯罪活动 - report a crime/a theft/a rape/an attack/(especially British English) an incident to the police
向警方举报不法行为／偷窃案／强奸案／袭击事件／暴力事件 - witness the crime/attack/murder/incident
目击犯罪／袭击／谋杀／暴力事件 - investigate a murder/(especially North American English) a homicide/a burglary/a robbery/the alleged incident
调查谋杀案／蓄意杀人案／入室盗窃案／抢劫案／涉嫌的暴力事件 - conduct/launch/pursue an investigation (into…); (especially British English) a police/murder inquiry
进行／开始／继续（对…的）调查／警方调查／谋杀案调查 - investigate/reopen a criminal/murder case
调查／重新审理犯罪／谋杀案件 - examine/investigate/find fingerprints at the crime scene/the scene of crime
仔细检查／调查／查找犯罪现场的指纹 - collect/gather forensic evidence
收集法医证据 - uncover new evidence/a fraud/a scam/a plot/a conspiracy/political corruption/a cache of weapons
发现新证据／诈骗／欺诈／密谋／阴谋／政治腐败／私藏武器 - describe/identify a suspect/the culprit/the perpetrator/the assailant/the attacker
描述／指认嫌疑犯／罪犯／作恶者／攻击者／袭击者 - question/interrogate a suspect/witness
询问嫌疑人／目击证人 - solve/crack the case
破案
Extra ExamplesTopics Crime and punishmentb2The tourists were robbed of their bags. 游客的包被抢走了。 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。 He was accused of robbing the company's pension funds. 他被指控盗取公司的养老基金。 In the 19th century doctors robbed graves to obtain cadavers for medical training purposes. 在19世纪，医生抢劫坟墓以获取尸体用于医学培训。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRob is used with these nouns as the object:- bank
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French rober, of Germanic origin.
Idioms
rob somebody blind
- (informal)
to cheat or trick somebody so that they lose a lot of money 骗取某人大量钱财 You can’t trust them. They’ll rob you blind as soon as your back is turned. 你不能相信他们。你一转身，他们就会把你抢瞎。
rob the cradle
- (North American English, informal)
to have a sexual relationship with a much younger person 老牛吃嫩草（指跟比自己年龄小很多的人发生性关系）
rob Peter to pay Paul
- (saying)
to borrow money from one person to pay back what you owe to another person; to take money from one thing to use for something else 借新债还旧账；拆东墙补西墙