steal

英 [stiːl] 美[stil]

英英释义考试真题实用场景例句

近义词take thieve pilfer filch rob

vt. 剽窃；偷偷地做；偷窃
vi. 窃取；偷偷地行动；偷垒
n. 偷窃；便宜货；偷垒；断球

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中文词源

steal 偷，盗窃

来自古英语 stelan,偷，盗窃，来自 Proto-Germanic*stelan,偷，来自 PIE*stel,偷，抢，词源同 stalk.

词态变化

复数: steals;第三人称单数: steals;过去式: stole;过去分词: stolen;现在分词: stealing;

英文词源

steal: steal: [OE] Steal comes from a prehistoric Germanic base *stel-. This also produced German stehlen, Dutch stelen, Swedish stjäla, and Danish stjæle, but its ultimate ancestry is unknown. The derived stealth [13] originally meant ‘theft’ (‘I know my lord hath spent of Timon’s wealth, and now ingratitude makes it worse than stealth’, Shakespeare, Timon of Athens 1607), but this has gradually been ousted by the metaphorical ‘furtiveness’. Stalk ‘follow furtively’ comes from the same Germanic base.
=> stalk, stealth
steal (v.): Old English stelan "to commit a theft, to take and carry off clandestinely and without right or leave" (class IV strong verb; past tense stæl, past participle stolen), from Proto-Germanic *stelan (cognates: Old Saxon stelan, Old Norse, Old Frisian stela "to steal, to rob one of," Dutch stelen, Old High German stelan, German stehlen, Gothic stilan "to steal"), from PIE *stel-, possibly a variant of *ster- (3) "to rob, steal."

"The notion of secrecy ... seems to be part of the original meaning of the vb." [OED]. Intransitive meaning "to depart or withdraw stealthily and secretly" is from late Old English. Most IE words for steal have roots in notions of "hide," "carry off," or "collect, heap up." Attested as a verb of stealthy motion from c. 1300 (as in to steal away, late 14c.); of kisses from late 14c.; of glances, sighs, etc., from 1580s. The various sports senses begin 1836. To steal (someone) blind first recorded 1974.
steal (n.): 1825, "act or case of theft," from steal (v.). Meaning "a bargain" is attested by 1942, American English colloquial. Baseball sense of "a stolen base" is from 1867.

双语例句

1. They can steal away at night and join us.: 他们可以晚上偷偷溜出来和我们碰面。

2. People who are drug addicts come in and steal.: 瘾君子会进来偷东西。

3. During the riots hundreds of people seized the opportunity to steal property.: 在暴乱中成百上千的人纷纷趁机偷窃财物。

4. He tried to strangle a border policeman and steal his gun.: 他企图勒死一名边防警察并偷走他的枪。

5. The eighth commandment is "Thou shalt not steal".: 第八诫是“不可偷盗”。

英英释意

1. an advantageous purchase;: "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price"

2. a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)

考试真题

So, too, would the motion detectors in your home, so the thief will need to continue jamming once he's inside and searching for things to steal.

But how probable is it that someone will successfully jam their way into your home and steal your stuff?Let's imagine that you live in a small home with a wireless security setup that offers a functional anti-jamming system.

Things get stolen when it is easy to steal them because they are left lying around unwatched.

Students have been complaining more and more about stolen property.

Radios, cell phones, bicycles, pocket calculators, and books have all been reported stolen

I'm not interested in what you're trying to teach, all I care about is stealing a grade, regardless of the effect on others.

Cheaters at exam don't care about their education, all they care about is how to stealing a grade

He ran home and telephoned the city police to say that his car had been stolen.

In had been stolen by someone

I asked him about the new sign, and he said, "You kids are stealing too much stuff.

What measure did the Graben Gore Restaurant take to stop stealing

Just because some students have stolen things in shops, all of us are treated like thieves.

But how probable is it that someone will successfully jam their way into your home and steal your stuff?

In fact, the camera could be the thing that proves that they didn't steal the $20 dollars, or knock the vase off the table.

Their babies retain the ability to produce their own chlorophyll, though they can't generate energy from sunlight until they've eaten enough algae to steal the necessary genes, which they can't yet produce on their own.

Other studies have shown that saddling employees with unrealistic goals can compel them to lie, cheat or steal.

To classify parenting as a personal choice for which there is no collective responsibility is not merely to ignore the social benefits of good parenting; really, it is to steal those benefits because they accrue (不断积累) to the whole of society as today's children become tomorrow's productive citizenry (公民).

Some of the stolen goods may have landed here.

Stealing a fellow passenger's bag.

They range from minor cases of deliberate damaging of things to much more serious offenses, such as car accidents involving drunk drivers or bank robberies but Florence has to report all of these violations from the thief who took typewriters from every unlock room in the dormitory to the thief who stole one million dollars worth of art work from the university museum.

Surfing the Internet during class doesn't just steal focus from the educator; it also hurts students who're already struggling to grasp the material.

Yet two years before Dicken’s birth, his mother’s father was caught stealing and fled to Europe, never to return.

The fact that this is not an uncommon occurrence means that dishonest persons might be able to access bank accounts in electronic payments systems and steal from someone else's accounts.

实用场景例句

We found out he'd been stealing from us for years.: 我们发现他从我们家偷东西已经好多年了。

My wallet was stolen.: 我的钱包给人偷了。

I had my wallet stolen .: 我的钱包给人偷了。

Thieves stole jewellery worth over £10 000.: 窃贼偷走了价值1万多英镑的珠宝。

It's a crime to handle stolen goods.: 经销赃物是犯法的。

(figurative)to steal sb's ideas: 剽窃某人的观点

She stole out of the room so as not to wake the baby.: 她生怕惊醒婴儿，蹑手蹑脚地从屋里出来。

(figurative)A chill stole over her body.: 她突然感到浑身发冷。

He tried to steal second base but was out.: 他试图偷二垒但被判出局。

As always, the children stole the show.: 和往常一样，最引人注意的是孩子们。

This suit is a steal at $80.: 这套西服只卖80元，跟白给差不多了。

He was accused of stealing a small boy's bicycle...: 他被指控偷了一个小男孩的自行车。

Bridge stole the money from clients' accounts...: 布里奇从客户的账户里偷了钱。

A writer is suing director Steven Spielberg for allegedly stealing his film idea...: 一名作家正控告导演史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格涉嫌剽窃了他的电影创意。

His team solved the engineering problem by stealing an idea from nature.: 他的团队从自然界获得灵感，解决了这个工程难题。

They can steal away at night and join us...: 他们可以晚上偷偷溜出来和我们碰面。

Leroy stole up the hall to the parlor.: 勒罗伊偷偷穿过门厅走到客厅。

At only £3.50, this champagne is a steal.: 这瓶香槟酒只卖 3.50英镑，太便宜了。

The concept of atmospheric retrievable index ( ARI ) is introduced to provide the criterion for channel selection.: 提出一个能对反演效果进行定量评估的指标,此指标定义为大气可反演指标.

We're going to steal some apples from farmer Jones's orchard. Why won't you come with us? Lost your bottle?: 我们要去农民琼斯的果园里偷苹果, 你为什么不和我们一起去? 你害怕了?

It is wrong to steal.: 偷窃是不道德的.

The years steal by.: 岁月不知不觉地过去了.

In his confession the thief incriminated two others who helped him steal.: 这个盗窃犯在供词中牵连了另外两个协助他偷窃的人.

The temptation to steal is greater than ever before —— especially in large shops.: 偷窃的诱惑力超过以往任何时候——尤其是在大商店里.

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