每日一词学英语(104): vandal

Hazel Blears, the former Communities Secretary, has said that her car was attacked by vandals rather than political opponents carrying out a vendetta. (From Times Online, August 10, 2009: Blears blames vandals for attack on car in constituency)

前Communities Secretary说，她的车被砸，凶手不是有仇的政治对手，而是vandals，即people who deliberately destroy or damage public property，破坏他人财产者。这个词对应的动词是vandalize: [usually passive] to damage sth, especially public property, deliberately and for no good reason。