Bank robberies, burglaries and muggings are reported almost daily in the press.
报纸上几乎每天都有抢劫银行、入室行窃和拦路抢劫的报道。
We usually think of a victim of mugging as being someone elderly.
我们通常以为被拦路抢劫的受害者是老年人。
3N-COUNT 傻瓜;易受骗者 If you say that someone is a mug, you mean that they are stupid and easily deceived by other people. 傻瓜;易受骗者 [British, informal, disapproval]
4PHRASE (不值得一做的)傻瓜的游戏,傻事 If you say that an activity is a mug's game, you mean that it is not worth doing because it does not give the person who is doing it any benefit or satisfaction. (不值得一做的)傻瓜的游戏,傻事 [British, informal, disapproval]
I used to be a very heavy gambler, but not any more. It's a mug's game.