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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

mob

英  [mɒb]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词

  • mobs

    1. [C 可数名词] 一大群乱民

    A mob is a large, disorganized, and often violent crowd of people.

    双语例句

    例：

    The inspectors watched a growing mob of demonstrators gathering.

    监察员看到越来越多的愤怒地示威者聚集在一起。

    2. [SING 单数型名词] 暴民

    People sometimes use the mob to refer in a disapproving way to the majority of people in a country or place, especially when these people are behaving in a violent or uncontrolled way.

    双语例句

    例：

    If they continue like this there is a danger of the mob taking over.

    如果他们继续我行我素，局面就有可能被暴动的群众掌握。

    3. [SING 单数型名词] 犯罪团伙

    You can refer to the people involved in organized crime as the Mob.

    双语例句

    例：

    He makes ends meet by working as a forger for the Mob.

    他通过为犯罪团伙造假来养家糊口。

    VERB. 动词

  • mobs , mobbing , mobbed

    1. [T 及物动词] 成群围住

    If you say that someone is being mobbed by a crowd of people, you mean that the people are trying to talk to them or get near them in an enthusiastic or threatening way.

    双语例句

    例：

    Her car was mobbed by the media.

    她的车被媒体团团围住。

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