mugging

英 [ˈmʌɡɪŋ]

美 [ˈmʌɡɪŋ]

n.  公然行凶抢劫案; 拦路抢劫罪
v.  (公开)行凶抢劫，打劫; (尤指在舞台上或摄影机前)扮鬼脸，扮怪相
mug的现在分词

复数：muggings　现在分词：mugging　

BNC.25572 / COCA.25203

牛津词典

noun

• 公然行凶抢劫案；拦路抢劫罪
  the crime of attacking sb violently, or threatening to do so, in order to steal their money, especially in a public place
  1. Mugging is on the increase.
     抢劫犯罪呈上升趋势。
  2. There have been several muggings here recently.
     最近这里发生了几起行凶抢劫案。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 马克杯(用来喝热饮的有柄大杯子）
  Amugis a large deep cup with straight sides and a handle, used for hot drinks.
  1. He spooned instant coffee into two of the mugs.
     他用勺子把速溶咖啡舀入两个杯子中。
  2. Amugof something is the amount of it contained in a mug.
     一杯的量
  3. He had been drinking mugs of coffee to keep himself awake.
     为让自己保持清醒，他一杯接一杯地喝咖啡。
• VERB 对…行凶抢劫
  If someonemugsyou, they attack you in order to steal your money.
  1. I was walking out to my car when this guy tried to mug me...
     我正出门朝我的车走去，就在这时这家伙企图对我进行抢劫。
  2. He has been mugged more than once.
     他已是不止一次被抢劫了。
• N-COUNT 傻瓜;易受骗者
  If you say that someone is amug, you mean that they are stupid and easily deceived by other people.
  1. He's a mug as far as women are concerned...
     在女性眼里，他是个傻瓜。
  2. I feel such a mug for signing the agreement.
     我觉得签这个协议真傻。
• PHRASE (不值得一做的)傻瓜的游戏，傻事
  If you say that an activity isa mug's game, you mean that it is not worth doing because it does not give the person who is doing it any benefit or satisfaction.
  1. I used to be a very heavy gambler, but not any more. It's a mug's game...
     我曾经是个赌棍，但现在再也不赌了，那是傻瓜的游戏。
  2. Dieting is a mug's game.
     傻瓜才节食。
• N-COUNT 脸;面孔
  Some-one'smugis their face.
  1. He managed to get his ugly mug on the telly.
     他设法让自己那张丑陋的脸上了电视。

英英释义

noun

• assault with intent to rob

双语例句

• He has been mugging up russian.
  他一直在学俄语。
• Police are concerned that mugging is on the increase.
  警方担心抢劫犯罪有递增趋势。
• As home to more than half the world's people and a large share of its conflicts, Asia has a way of mugging unwary US presidents.
  作为全球逾半数人口的家园和大量冲突所在的地区，亚洲往往让缺乏准备的美国总统措手不及。
• Those kids out front, they're mugging santa.
  人群中的那些孩子，他们在抢圣诞老人。
• She's upstairs mugging up history or geography or something.
  她此刻在楼上死啃历史或是地理什么的。
• Mother nature may eventually gun us down-but until then, do we have to keep mugging ourselves?
  大自然或许最终会将我们一枪放倒，但在那之前，我们必须得不断地自己打劫自己吗？
• Mugging in the streets, even in broad daylight, was not uncommon.
  甚至在光天化日之下，在大街上行凶抢劫也是常有之事。
• He's mugging up history for the exam.
  他正在死记历史以应付考试。
• Twelve years ago, Jason Padgett was a college drop-out working at his dad's furniture store when a mugging at a Tacoma, Washington karaoke bar changed his life forever.
  12年前，贾森帕吉特辍学了，离开大学后他在父亲的家具店工作。然而在华盛顿K歌吧发生的一起行凶抢劫案彻底改变了他的人生。
• Hilary Duff makes headlines these days not by mugging for mugshots like many of her peers, but by being a philanthropic soul.
  希拉里达芙总是上头条可不全因为街拍和左手的大钻戒，她还有颗博爱的心。