rob
gb/ɹˈɑb/ us/ɹˈɑb/
B1
الإنجليزية
~ 4200
kirabol, megfoszt, elvesz
فعل
B1
1
kirabol
B1
نمط الاستخدام:
to rob [someone/something] [of something]
Two men tried to rob the bank yesterday.
Tegnap két férfi megpróbálta kirabolni a bankot.
The gang planned to rob the jewelry store at night.
A banda azt tervezte, hogy éjszaka kirabolja az ékszerüzletet.
He was arrested for attempting to rob an elderly woman.
They robbed the travelers of all their cash.
She felt unsafe after being robbed in the street.
أمثلة للمتعلّمين
Someone robbed the shop last night.
Valaki tegnap éjjel kirabolta a boltot.
The man tried to rob me.
A férfi megpróbált engem kirabolni.
The police caught the man who robbed the bank.
They robbed the old man of his wallet.
I saw a man rob a store.
خطأ شائع:
Learners sometimes confuse 'rob' and 'steal'. 'Rob' is used with the person or place as the object (e.g., 'rob a bank'), while 'steal' is used with the thing taken as the object (e.g., 'steal money').
المعنى
Steal using force or threats
المتلازمات اللفظية
rob a bank
|rob a store
|rob someone of their money
|armed robbers
|get robbed
المرادفات
mug (Usually refers to robbing someone in a public place, often suddenly.)
|
burgle (Usually refers to breaking into a building to steal things, often without direct confrontation.)
الأضداد
give (To voluntarily hand over something rather than taking it by force.)
|
donate (To give something freely for a good cause, the opposite of taking it illegally.)
الموضوعات
crime
|law
|daily life
|core_vocabulary
التعريف
To take something from a person or place by using force or threats.
To take money or property illegally from a person or place, often by using force or threats.
فعل
B2
2
نمط الاستخدام:
to rob [someone] of [something]
The referee's bad call robbed the team of victory.
A játékvezető hibás döntése megfosztotta a csapatot a győzelemtől.
His illness robbed him of his youth.
A betegsége elvette tőle a fiatalságát.
Poor management robbed employees of their bonuses.
She felt robbed of her chance to speak.
They were robbed of the opportunity to compete.
أمثلة للمتعلّمين
The bad call robbed the team of a win.
A rossz döntés megfosztotta a csapatot a győzelemtől.
His sickness robbed him of his job.
A betegsége elvette tőle az állását.
The rain robbed us of our picnic.
I felt robbed of my chance to play.
The accident robbed her of her dream.
خطأ شائع:
Learners may overuse this meaning for literal theft. In this sense, nothing physical is stolen; it is about opportunities, rights, or feelings.
المعنى
Take away an opportunity unfairly
المتلازمات اللفظية
rob someone of victory
|rob someone of their rights
|rob someone of happiness
المرادفات
deprive (More formal and broader, not necessarily implying unfairness.)
الأضداد
grant (To give or allow something that someone deserves or has earned.)
الموضوعات
fairness
|justice
|core_vocabulary
التعريف
To take away a chance, right, or good thing from someone in an unfair way.
To deprive someone of something they deserve or should have, in a way that is considered unfair.
القواعد
الصيغة المعجمية
rob
IPA
GB/ɹˈɑb/
US/ɹˈɑb/
المقاطع والنبر
rob (١ مقطع)
Stress on 1st syllable (rob)
تصريفات الكلمة
Verb
- Base: rob
- 3rd Person Singular: robs
- Present Participle: robbing
- Past: robbed
عائلة الكلمة
أبرز النقاط
- Irregular present participle: robbing Verb
- Irregular past: robbed Verb
التعبيرات
rob Peter to pay Paul
1/ɹˈɑb pˈitɚ tə pˈeɪ pˈɔl/
idiom
Shift resources without solving problem
To take money or resources from one place to use in another, but not fix the real problem.
أمثلة
- Taking money from the maintenance budget to fund marketing is just robbing Peter to pay Paul.
- He paid off one debt by taking another loan — robbing Peter to pay Paul.
rob the cradle
1/ɹˈɑb ðə kɹˈeɪdəl/
idiom
informal
Be romantically involved with much younger person
To be in a romantic relationship with someone who is much younger than you.
أمثلة
- People whispered that he was robbing the cradle when he married his 20-year-old assistant.
- She joked about robbing the cradle when she started dating someone 15 years younger.
rob the cradle
2/ɹˈɑb ðə kɹˈeɪdəl/
idiom
informal
date someone much younger
To date or marry someone who is much younger than you, in a way that some people may find strange or wrong.
أمثلة
- People joked that he was robbing the cradle when he started dating a woman twenty years younger than him.
- She said she didn’t want to rob the cradle by going out with someone in his early twenties.
- He was teased for robbing the cradle after announcing his engagement.