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[VERB 动词]偷；窃取 If you
steal something
from someone, you take it away from them without their permission and without intending to return it.
[V n]
[V n from n]
[V]
[V-ing]
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。
People who are drug addicts come in and steal...
瘾君子会进来偷东西。
She has since been jailed for six months for stealing from the tills.
后来她因从现金出纳机里偷钱而被判了 6 个月的监禁。
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[VERB 动词]剽窃，窃取(别人的想法) If you
steal someone else's ideas, you pretend that they are your own.
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。
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[VERB 动词]偷偷移动至；悄悄走到 If someone
steals somewhere, they move there quietly, in a secret way.
[V adv/prep]
[LITERARY 文]
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[N-SING 单数名词]很便宜的东西 If you describe something as
a steal, you mean that it is very good value.
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to
steal a glance→see: glance
；
to steal a march on someone
→see: march
；
to steal the show
→see: show
；
to steal someone's thunder
→see: thunder
；
Usage Note :
Do not confuse steal and rob. If someone steals something, for example, money or a car, they take it without asking and without intending to give it back. My car was stolen on Friday evening. Note that you cannot say that someone steals someone. If someone robs someone or somewhere, they take something, often violently, from that person or place without asking and without intending to give it back. They planned to rob an old widow... They joined forces to rob a factory. You can also say that someone robs you of something when referring to what has been taken. The two men were robbed of more than £700.
不要混淆 steal 和 rob。steal 指偷窃，如：My car was stolen on Friday evening (我的汽车周五晚上被偷走了)。要注意不能说 steal someone。rob 指抢劫某人或某地，如：They planned to rob an old widow (他们打算去抢一位老寡妇)，They joined forces to rob a factory (他们联手抢劫了一家工厂)。可以用 robs someone of something 来表示从某人那里抢走某物，如：The two men were robbed of more than £700 (这两个男人被抢走了 700 多英镑)。