2N-SING 大衆(含貶義);(尤指)憤怒暴亂的群衆 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. 大衆(含貶義);(尤指)憤怒暴亂的群衆 [disapproval]
If they continue like this there is a danger of the mob taking over.
如果他們繼續這樣下去,就有可能被暴動的群衆控制局面。
They have been exercising what amounts to mob rule.
3N-SING 黑社會;犯罪集團 You can refer to the people involved in organized crime as the Mob . 黑社會;犯罪集團 [informal]
...casinos that the Mob had operated.
黑社會經營的賭場
It was a Mob killing.
這是一宗黑社會犯下的殺人案件。
4VERB [usually passive]團團圍住;成群圍住 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. 團團圍住;成群圍住
Her car was mobbed by the media. [beVERB-ed]
她的車被媒體團團圍住了。
They found themselves being mobbed in the street for autographs. [beVERB-ed]