theft

英 [θeft] 美[θɛft]
  • n. 盗窃;偷;赃物

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词态变化


复数: thefts;

中文词源


theft 偷窃

来自 thief,小偷,-th,表状态名词,词源同 depth,缩写为 t.

英英释意


1. the act of taking something from someone unlawfully;
"the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"

英文词源


theft
theft: see thief
theft (n.)
mid-13c., from Old English þeofð (West Saxon þiefð) "theft," from Proto-Germanic *theubitho (cognates: Old Frisian thiufthe, Old Norse þyfð), from *theubaz "thief" (see thief) + abstract formative suffix *-itha (cognate with Latin -itatem; see -th (2)).

考试真题


On the other hand,there have been hundreds of thefts and cases of deliberate damaging of public property, which usually involves breaking windows or lights or writing on walls.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

The thefts are not the carefully planned burglaries(入室盗窃)that you see in movies

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

Walk around and guard against car theft.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

Banks can save a lot of money and avoid headaches by moving to a cash-free system, and they can also avoid bank robberies, theft, and dirty money.

2017年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

They include photos repurposed for inappropriate or illegal means, identity theft, embarrassment, bullying by peers or digital kidnapping.

2018年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

As data and identity theft becomes more and more common, the market is growing for biometric technologies to keep others out of private e-spaces.

2019年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

实用场景例句


car theft
偷盗汽车

牛津词典

Police are investigating the theft of computers from the company's offices.
警方正在调查这家公司办公室里的计算机失窃案。

牛津词典

Art theft is now part of organised crime.
盗窃艺术品如今成为一种有组织的犯罪活动。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the theft of classified documents from a car in London.
从伦敦一辆汽车里盗走机密文件

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Does the PC Defense software support Chinese user interface?
软件支持中文用户介面 吗 ?

期刊摘选

Has he owned to the theft?
他有没有承认这桩盗窃案是他干的?

《简明英汉词典》

He was on trial for theft.
他因盗窃罪受到审判.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

You may think it an innocent joke to drive away another person's car but in the eyes of the law it is theft.
你也许认为把别人的车开走是开个不打紧的玩笑,但从法律的观点看来,这是偷窃.

《简明英汉词典》

His theft from the shop caused scandal in the village.
他因偷商店的东西引起全村的公愤.

《简明英汉词典》

He was prosecuted for theft.
他因偷窃而被告发.

《简明英汉词典》

She served two years in prison for theft.
她因偷窃服了两年刑.

《简明英汉词典》

The jury convicted the accused man of theft and arson.
陪审团宣判被告犯有偷窃和纵火罪.

《简明英汉词典》

He was arrested for theft.
他因盗窃而被送进了监狱.

《简明英汉词典》

He fell twice for theft.
他因盗窃被捕过两次.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Police punished him for an offence of theft.
警察因偷窃罪而惩罚他.

《简明英汉词典》

They are accused of theft from a newsagent's shop.
他们被指控在一家报刊经销点进行偷窃.

《简明英汉词典》

The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.
人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃.

《简明英汉词典》

The shoplifter's day of reckoning came when he was charged with 30 cases of theft.
那个冒充顾客进商店行窃的扒手被指控盗窃30次,他遭报应的日子来临了.

《简明英汉词典》

Theft or murder is a crime.
盗窃或谋杀都是犯罪行为.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

She has six previous convictions for theft.
她有六次盗窃前科。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

a device to immobilize the car engine in case of theft
遇到有人盗车时使汽车引擎发动不了的装置

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

Police are investigating the theft of computers from the company's offices.
警方正在调查这家公司办公室里的计算机失窃案。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

Theft of motor vehicles is up by 15.9%.
机动车辆偷盗案上升了15.9%。

柯林斯例句

"He's been arrested for theft and burglary." — "Good grief!"
“他因为偷窃和入室盗窃而被逮捕了。”——“我的天哪!”

柯林斯例句

Allegations of brutality and theft have been levelled at the army.
有人指责军队中存在着野蛮暴行和盗窃行为。

柯林斯例句

Protecting yourself from identity theft is a matter of treating all your personal and financial documents as top secret information.
要保护自己个人身份信息免遭盗用,就要把所有的个人与财务文档视为绝密信息。

柯林斯例句

Secret investigations have netted ninety staff suspected of fraud and theft.
秘密调查已抓获90名涉嫌欺诈盗窃的职员。

柯林斯例句

You should take out travel insurance covering you and your family against theft.
你应该为自己和家人办理旅游保险以防偷盗。

柯林斯例句

The image of art theft as a gentleman's crime is outdated.
把盗窃艺术品看作是一种绅士犯罪的观念已经过时了。

柯林斯例句