ransack

Compared meaning: to steal goods violently during war or unrest (verb).

比较义项：（在动乱、战争或抢劫中）洗劫、抢夺财物（动词）。

• loot

  Describes opportunistic stealing during riots, power cuts or disasters, often from shops; common in news reports and also works as a noun for the stolen goods.

  指在骚乱、停电或灾难期间趁乱偷窃，常见于新闻中商店遭抢的场景；该词也可作名词，指被抢的赃物。

  Rioters looted shops along the main street during the blackout.

  停电期间，暴徒洗劫了大街上的商店。

• plunder

  Emphasizes large-scale, forceful seizure of valuables over time, typically by pirates, raiders or armies; carries a more dramatic, literary tone than the others.

  强调海盗、劫掠者或军队长期、大规模地暴力夺取贵重财物，语气比其他几个词更具文学色彩、更戏剧化。

  For centuries, raiders sailed the coast to plunder wealthy trading ports.

  几个世纪以来，劫掠者沿海岸航行，掠夺富庶的贸易港口。

• ransack 本词

  Highlights the violent act of searching a place thoroughly, turning over drawers and rooms, more than the theft itself; can be used even when little is actually stolen.

  强调翻箱倒柜、彻底搜查某处的暴力动作，比起偷窃本身更突出搜查这一行为，即使搜查所得不多也可使用。

  Burglars ransacked the bedroom, throwing clothes and papers everywhere.

  窃贼把卧室翻了个底朝天，衣服和文件扔得到处都是。

• pillage

  Strongly associated with wartime destruction, describing soldiers or armies stripping villages or towns of goods, often alongside burning; has a formal, historical register.

  多与战争破坏相关，指士兵或军队洗劫村庄或城镇的财物，常伴随纵火等破坏行为，语体较正式，带有历史色彩。

  The invading army pillaged the town before setting it on fire.

  入侵的军队在放火烧毁城镇之前先将其洗劫一空。

Loot, plunder, ransack, and pillage mean stealing goods by force, but settings differ. Loot suits riots or robbed shops. Plunder suits pirates taking valuables, sounding literary. Ransack stresses searching a place thoroughly, not what was stolen. Pillage is about soldiers robbing towns in war.

这几个词都表示以暴力或混乱手段抢夺财物，但典型语境和搭配不同：loot 常用于骚乱或商店遭抢的场景；plunder 强调海盗、劫掠者长期大规模地夺取贵重财物，语气更具文学色彩；ransack 强调翻箱倒柜、彻底搜查某处的动作，未必聚焦于偷走了什么；pillage 多用于战争语境，指士兵或军队洗劫村镇。这四个词在本卡片比较的义项之外没有其他常见义项需要排除。