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thiefWi:fn [C]pl thieves Pi:vza person who steals贼,小偷; 偷窃犯Shoplifters are thieves and will be prosecuted.商店货物扒窃者是贼,要被控告。A post office was broken into last night, and the thieves got away with £120, 000.邮局昨夜遭到撬窃,小偷携120000 英镑逃跑。(saying) 'Like a thief in the night' means secretly or unexpectedly and without being seen.神不知,鬼不觉(saying) 'It takes a thief to catch a thief' or 'Set a thief to catch a thief' means that one dishonest person can guess what another dishonest person might do.以贼捕贼; 以毒攻毒"Procrastination is the thief of Time" (Edward Young in the poem Night Thoughts, 1742) “拖延是时间的盗贼”(摘自爱德华·杨1742年的诗《夜思》)[THEFT]
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