steal
- 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
词态变化
中文词源
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.
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)
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.
同义词辨析
rob, steal, plunder, deprive
这些动词均含"偷,抢,夺"之意。
rob: 最常用词,指用暴力恐吓或哄骗等非法手段抢夺财物。
steal: 普通用词,指暗中行窃。
plunder: 指大规模或大范围地掠夺。
deprive: 多指夺去或扣留别人拥有或可能拥有的有价值或必需的东西,也可用于指抽象的事物。
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.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文
- 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.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文
- Things get stolen when it is easy to steal them because they are left lying around unwatched.
出自-2012年6月阅读原文
- Students have been complaining more and more about stolen property.
出自-2012年6月阅读原文
- Radios, cell phones, bicycles, pocket calculators, and books have all been reported stolen
出自-2012年6月阅读原文
- 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.
出自-2011年12月阅读原文
- Cheaters at exam don't care about their education, all they care about is how to stealing a grade
出自-2011年12月阅读原文
- He ran home and telephoned the city police to say that his car had been stolen.
出自-2012年6月听力原文
- In had been stolen by someone
出自-2012年6月听力原文
- I asked him about the new sign, and he said, "You kids are stealing too much stuff.
出自-2010年12月听力原文
- What measure did the Graben Gore Restaurant take to stop stealing
出自-2010年12月听力原文
- Just because some students have stolen things in shops, all of us are treated like thieves.
出自-2010年12月听力原文
- But how probable is it that someone will successfully jam their way into your home and steal your stuff?
2016年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
- 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.
2018年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
- 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.
2019年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
- Other studies have shown that saddling employees with unrealistic goals can compel them to lie, cheat or steal.
出自-2012年6月阅读原文
- 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).
出自-2010年6月阅读原文
- Some of the stolen goods may have landed here.
出自-2014年6月听力原文
- Stealing a fellow passenger's bag.
出自-2011年6月听力原文
- 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.
出自-2011年6月听力原文
- 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.
2018年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读
- Yet two years before Dicken’s birth, his mother’s father was caught stealing and fled to Europe, never to return.
出自-2017年考研阅读原文
- 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.
2013年考研真题(英语二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ
词组搭配
steal someone blind
(informal)rob or cheat someone in a comprehensive or merciless way
(非正式)无情地抢劫;彻底地欺骗
steal a march on
gain an advantage over (someone), typically by acting before they do
占先机,抢先而获得优势
stores that open on Sunday are stealing a march on their competitors.
星期天营业的商店比它们的竞争者更有优势。
steal someone's heart
win someone's love
赢得…的爱
steal the show
attract the most attention and praise
吸引注意力,赢得赞扬
steal someone's thunder
win praise for oneself by pre-empting someone else's attempt to impress
在别人试图留下印象前赢得称赞
steal (someone's) thunder
To use, appropriate, or preempt the use of another's idea, especially to one's own advantage and without consent by the originator.
强占:使用、强占或用先买权占有别人想法的使用权,尤指对自己有好处且未得到发明者同意的
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。
牛津词典
- My wallet was stolen.
- 我的钱包给人偷了。
牛津词典
- I had my wallet stolen .
- 我的钱包给人偷了。
牛津词典
- Thieves stole jewellery worth over £10 000.
- 窃贼偷走了价值1万多英镑的珠宝。
牛津词典
- It's a crime to handle stolen goods.
- 经销赃物是犯法的。
牛津词典
- (figurative)to steal sb's ideas
- 剽窃某人的观点
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- (figurative)A chill stole over her body.
- 她突然感到浑身发冷。
牛津词典
- He tried to steal second base but was out.
- 他试图偷二垒但被判出局。
牛津词典
- As always, the children stole the show.
- 和往常一样,最引人注意的是孩子们。
牛津词典
- This suit is a steal at $80.
- 这套西服只卖80元,跟白给差不多了。
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Bridge stole the money from clients' accounts...
- 布里奇从客户的账户里偷了钱。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Leroy stole up the hall to the parlor.
- 勒罗伊偷偷穿过门厅走到客厅。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- At only £3.50, this champagne is a steal.
- 这瓶香槟酒只卖 3.50英镑,太便宜了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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.
期刊摘选
- 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?
《简明英汉词典》
- It is wrong to steal.
- 偷窃是不道德的.
《简明英汉词典》
- The years steal by.
- 岁月不知不觉地过去了.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 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.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 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.
《用法词典》