- VERB 强奸;强暴
If someone is raped, they are forced to have sex, usually by violence or threats of violence.
- A young woman was brutally raped in her own home...
一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。
- N-VAR 强奸罪
Rape is the crime of forcing someone to have sex.
- Her party opposes abortion, except in cases of rape or incest...
她的党派反对堕胎,但强奸或乱伦引起的怀孕除外。 - Almost ninety per cent of all rapes and violent assaults went unreported.
几乎90%的强奸案和暴力侵害案都没有报案。
- N-SING 破坏;损坏
The rape of an area or of a country is the destruction or spoiling of it.
- As a result of the rape of the forests, parts of the country are now short of water.
由于森林遭到破坏,目前该国的部分地区水源短缺。
- 芸苔;油菜
Rape is a plant with yellow flowers which is grown as a crop. Its seeds are crushed to make cooking oil.
in BRIT, use 英国英语用 oilseed rape
- See also: date rape gang rape oilseed rape