mugging

noun

1. 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。

1. N-COUNT 马克杯(用来喝热饮的有柄大杯子）
   A mug is 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. A mug of 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。
2. VERB 对…行凶抢劫
   If someone mugs you, 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。
3. N-COUNT 傻瓜;易受骗者
   If you say that someone is a mug, 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。
4. PHRASE (不值得一做的)傻瓜的游戏，傻事
   If you say that an activity is a 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。
5. N-COUNT 脸;面孔
   Some-one's mug is 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。

1. A mugging took place in broad daylight in a crowded street.
   一起抢劫案竟在光天化日之下发生在一条热闹大街上。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. I was already scared to death from the mugging.
   我已经被抢劫吓坏了。
5. Max, there's no crime, there's no mugging.
   麦克斯，这儿没有犯罪，没有抢劫。
6. I had ignored everything I had been taught that day at school about the best way to deal with a mugging which was to scream for help, to give them your bag then get away as fast as you can.
   那天在学校里我学到过，如果遇到抢劫，最好的办法是大呼救命，把你的包交给劫匪，然后尽快逃跑。可事到临头时，我把这一切都抛在了脑后。
7. It looks like he's enjoying himself, mugging for the crowd.
   看来他很得意，给人群做着鬼脸。
8. I guess your mugging days are behind you.
   我猜你抢劫的日子已经是过去式了。
9. Where did the mugging take place?
   这起行凶抢劫发生在什么地方？
10. In Damon's book, a wonderful book on psychopathy, he talks about a thirteen-year-old mugger who specialized in mugging blind people.
    在Damon一本关于精神变态的书中，他谈到一个13岁的行凶劫匪，他专门行凶抢劫盲人。
11. Whether the category is murder or robbery, mugging or rape, the story is the same: juvenile crime is on the rise.
    不管那些没成年人的犯罪涉及到谋杀、偷盗、抢劫或是强奸，情形是一样的：青少年犯罪在增加。
12. He's mugging up history for the exam.
    他正在死记历史以应付考试。
13. 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？
14. Those kids out front, they're mugging santa.
    人群中的那些孩子，他们在抢圣诞老人。
15. 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。
16. The figure for mugging have set a new record or have break all previous record.
    行凶抢劫的数字创造了新记录或者打破了过去的记录。
17. He spent two hours mugging up the statistics before briefing the press.
    在向记者们介绍情况之前，他花了两个小时突击统计数字。
18. Make it look like a mugging.
    让现场看起来像抢劫行凶。
19. Police are concerned that mugging is on the increase.
    警方担心抢劫犯罪有递增趋势。
20. He has been mugging up russian.
    他一直在学俄语。
21. 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。
22. 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。
23. A person witnessing a mugging can seize the mugger and hold him until a police officer arrives, for example.
    例如，当你目睹一名劫匪正在实施抢劫，你有权将他逮捕，直到警察的介入。
24. The man was severely injured during a mugging, when he was repeatedly kicked in the head.
    这个男人在一次抢劫袭击中受了重伤，当时他的头部被歹徒踢了很多次。

noun

1. assault with intent to rob