英汉词典

1. 海盗；海上劫掠者
    Pirates are sailors who attack other ships and steal property from them.

    e.g. In the nineteenth century, pirates roamed the seas.
           19世纪时海盗猖獗。

2. 道德败坏者；违法者
    You can refer to someone who behaves in an immoral or illegal way as a pirate .

pirate

    e.g. Of course I knew Max was a rogue, a bit of a pirate.
           我当然知道麦克斯是个无赖，是个小流氓。

3. 非法复制及出售（录像带、录音带、书籍、计算机程序等）
    Someone who pirates video tapes, cassettes, books, or computer programs copies and sells them when they have no right to do so.

pirate的反义词

    e.g. A school technician pirated anything from video nasties to computer games.
           学校的一名技术人员做盗版，从黄色录像到计算机游戏什么都有。
    e.g. ...American manufacturers who've seen their designs pirated in other countries.
           见过自己的设计在其他国家遭到盗版的美国制造商