mob /mɒb/ CET6 TEM4 ( mobbing, mobbed, mobs )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A mob is a large, disorganized, and often violent crowd of people. 一大群乱民

  例：

  The inspectors watched a growing mob of demonstrators gathering.

  这些监察员看着越来越多的粗暴的示威人群聚集在一起。

• 2. 

  N-SING You can refer to the people involved in organized crime as the Mob. 犯罪团伙 [非正式]

  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。

• 3. 

  N-SING 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. 暴民 [英国英语]

  例：

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

  如果他们继续如此，就有被暴民接管的危险。

• 4. 

  V-T 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. 成群围住 [usu passive]

  例：

  Her car was mobbed by the media.

  她的汽车被媒体团团围住。