[ ˌspəuli'eiʃən ] n. 1.(尤指交战国对中立国船只的)抢劫，掠夺。 2.【宗教】(教堂俸禄的)冒领；〔美国〕腐败，腐朽。 3.【法律】(文件、票据等的)销毁，窜改。 n. -ator ,-atory adj. 抢劫的，掠夺的，毁灭文件票据的，窜改文件票据的。
Example Sentences:
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What we intend to halt, by any means, is three centuries of spoliation of this earth . 我们所要做的，就是用任何方法，阻止三个世纪以来对这个地球所进得的掠夺。
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They were canopied , altar - shaped , and plain ; their carvings being defaced and broken ; their brasses torn from the matrices , the rivet - holes remaining like martin - holes in a sand - cliff . of all the reminders that she had ever received that her people were socially extinct there was none so forcible as this spoliation 墓室的上面有华盖，是一种祭坛式样，很朴素上面的雕刻残破了青铜饰品已经从框子里脱落了，框子上留下一些洞眼，就像沙岩上圣马丁鸟的窝一样。
