只活在固定說法裡的 rob
這一組都保留「有人被拿走了什麼」的感覺，但都不能拆開來用：拿掉那個固定句型，rob 就回到單純的「搶」，下面這些意思就消失了。
rob Peter to pay Paul · verb · B1
To take money or help away from one thing in order to give it to another, so nothing is really gained.
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One way to picture rob: someone else's money or things are taken away from them, usually by force or threat. Note who goes after the verb — in English you rob the person or the place (rob a bank, rob him), and what was taken comes after of. Most of the other uses of rob live inside fixed phrases rather than standing alone.
可以想成 rob 的畫面比較像「東西被從別人那裡拿走」，多半靠武力或威脅。要注意接在後面的是誰：英文是 rob 那個…更多收起
可以想成 rob 的畫面比較像「東西被從別人那裡拿走」，多半靠武力或威脅。要注意接在後面的是誰：英文是 rob 那個人或那個地方（rob a bank、rob him），被拿走的東西要放在 of 後面。除了這個字面用法，rob 其他的意思幾乎都住在固定說法裡，不能單獨拿出來用。From the picture
Also in this word
rob by force · verb · B1
To take money or things from a person or place without permission, often using force or threats.
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原始詞典資料11 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
ROBnoun
- 1
artshobbieslifestyleRegion of background (in digital images).
Robname/ɹɒb/
- 1
A diminutive of the male given names Robert or Robin.
- And in both cases, a man named Rob Monster – an outspoken born-again Christian and the CEO of a tech company called Epik – made pointed restorations, republishing much of the New Zealand content and putting Gab back online. All in the name, he said, of free speech.
- 2
A surname transferred from the given name, derived from Robert.
robverb詞源 1/ɹɒb/
- 1
To steal from, especially using force or violence.
- He robbed three banks before he was caught.
- 2
To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud.
- The best way to rob a bank is to own one.
- I never robbed the soldiers of their pay.
- 3
To deprive (of).
- Working all day robs me of any energy to go out in the evening.
- Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy—[…]—distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its flavor.
- 4
slangTo burgle.
- Her house was robbed.
- 5
slangTo steal.
- That bloke robbed my phone!
- 6
To commit robbery.
- 7
hobbieslifestylesportsTo take possession of the ball, puck etc. from.
- Kevin Mirallas then robbed Bacary Sagna to run into the area and draw another save from Szczesny as the Gunners held on to lead at the break.
robnoun詞源 2/ɹɒb/
- 1
A syrup made of evaporating fruit juice over a fire, usually mixed with sugar or honey, and especially used for medicinal purposes.
- [I]nſtead of Honey, Rob of Elder, Conſerve of Roſes, or Syrup of Violets; Glyſters, Pedilavia of emollient Decoctions with Nitre; or Elder, Vinegar, or Focus's of the ſame, applied with Sponges behind the Ears, to the Armpits, Groins, Hams, &c. or with Barley-water and a little Roſe-vinegar.
- Also began to make wort from the malt and give it to such people as had symptoms of the scurvy; one of them indeed is highly scorbutick altho he has been taking of the rob for some time past without finding himself benefited therefrom […] .
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。