n.掠奪；破壞、蹂躪

Most southern towns have suffered from the reckless depredation of the armed gang. 大多數(shù)南方城鎮(zhèn)都遭受過這幫武裝匪徒的魯蠻掠奪。

Even so, they might not be so vulnerable to human depredation if they did not, like humans, reproduce so slowly. 盡管如此，如果它們不像人類一樣繁殖如此緩慢，它們對人類的掠奪也不會如此無能為力。