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Purloin Wait French Latin 记】Pur Loin Pə:'Lɔin V.偷窃

单词 purloin
音标 [pə:'lɔin]
解释 v.偷窃
红宝书 【英】 v.偷窃(to appropriate wrongfully; steal)
【考】 lurk : wait / purloin : appropriate / abscond : depart(潜伏是偷偷等/偷窃 是偷偷获得/潜逃是偷 偷离开)
【记】 pur(附近)+loin(=lo ng长久)→把附近的带 到远方→偷窃; 不要和purlieu(附近)相混
【例】 One of the guests has purloined a piece of my good silverware.
字源 purloin (v.)
mid-14c., "remove, misappropriate," from Anglo-French purloigner "remove," Old French porloigner "put off, retard, delay, drag out; be far away," from por- (from Latin pro- "forth;" see pro-) + Old French loing "far," from Latin longe, from longus (see long (adj.)). Sense of "to steal" (1540s) is a development in English. Related: Purloined; purloining.
不择手段背单词 v. (利用他人的信任而)偷窃
【记】pur = pure, loin = lion: 纯洁的狮子-非常罕见-有很多人想偷.
【类】lurk: wait = purloin: appropriate = abscond: depart潜伏是偷偷等 = 偷窃是偷偷获得 = 潜逃是偷偷离开
趣味全助记 【记】pur 音:破 + loan 贷款,贷款破产了,还不起,所以偷窃;pur 破 + loin 腰,把腰部的东西(腰包)弄破→偷窃

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