V-T If someone is robbed, they have money or property stolen from them. 盗窃; 抢劫
Mrs. Yacoub was robbed of her designer watch at her Westchester home.
雅各布夫人的名牌手表在她威斯特切斯特的家中被人盗走了。
V-T If someone is robbed of something that they deserve, have, or need, it is taken away from them. 抢走
When Miles Davis died jazz was robbed of its most distinctive voice.
当迈尔斯•戴维斯去世时，爵士乐里最具特色的声音也被夺走了。
The police released the first video images yesterday of the two men believed to have been involved in robbing a jewelry shop in the city seven days ago.
警方昨天公布了第一组录像画面，画面显示两名男子涉嫌7天前在该市抢劫一家珠宝店。
Even well-meaning parents may be "robbing them of the opportunity to have that joy of discovery and curiosity the opportunity to find things out on their own."
即使父母是出于好意，也可能会“剥夺他们通过发现与好奇心获得乐趣的机会，也就是自行探索事物的机会。”
Sometimes he was moving money from one account to another, robbing Peter to pay Paul.
有的时候他把钱从一个账户转到另一个账户，拆东墙补西墙。
Experts on language say the expression was born more than two hundred fifty years ago, when pirates sailed the seas, attacking and robbing trade ships.
VOA: special.2009.05.24
The disease kills wheat plants by robbing them of water and nutrients.
VOA: special.2009.08.18
Experts say production has dropped about a third since he came to office, robbing the country of the full financial benefit that could have accrued in 2008, when global oil prices peaked around $140 a barrel.
VOA: standard.2010.08.06
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