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| 1 | I/T to take something that belongs to someone else without permission 偷窃；盗窃 |
| jailed for three years for stealing cars 因偷盗汽车入狱3年 |
| +from Johnny was accused of stealing from the shop. 约翰尼被控在商店进行盗窃。 |
| steal sth from sth/sb She was caught stealing food from the supermarket. 她在超市偷食物时被当场抓住。 |
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| 2 | I +across/into/up to move somewhere quietly and secretly 偷偷走到；悄悄移动 |
| While Sara wasn’ t looking, I stole across the hall to make a call. 趁萨拉没注意，我偷偷地穿过大厅去打电话。 |
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| 3 | I/T to run successfully to the next base before someone hits the ball in a game of baseball （棒球比赛中）偷（垒） |
| Cobb was famous for stealing second base. 科布因偷袭二垒而闻名。 |
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| - | steal a glance/look
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| to look at someone or something secretly and quickly |
| 偷看某人一眼 |
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| - | steal sb’ s heart
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| to make someone fall in love with you |
| 使某人坠入爱河 |
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| - | steal a kiss
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| to kiss someone quickly without them expecting it |
| 偷吻（一下） |
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| - | steal a march on sb
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| to get an advantage over someone by secretly starting something that they had planned to do |
| 偷偷地抢在某人前头；抢占先机 |
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| - | steal the show/spotlight/limelight
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| to do something that makes people pay more attention to you than to other people |
| 抢出风头 |
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| - | steal sb’ s thunder
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| to get attention and praise for doing something that someone else had planned to do |
| 抢某人的风头；抢某人的功劳 |
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| Senator Johnson accused the President of stealing his thunder on the tax issue. 约翰逊参议员指责总统在税收问题上抢占了他的功劳。 |
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| Other ways of saying : steal | | | | | | | | steal的其他表达方式 | | | | rob to steal something while using or threatening to use force or violence（使用或威胁使用武力或暴力）抢劫: They robbed the local bank and drove off in a white car.他们抢劫了当地的银行并开着一辆白色轿车离去。 | | mug to attack a person in a public place and steal from them（在公共场所袭击并）公然抢劫: A woman of 85 was mugged in the street.一位85岁的老妇人在大街上被公然抢劫。 | | burgle to steal from a building that you have entered illegally（非法）入室偷盗: We got back from holiday to find we’ d been burgled.我们度假回来发现家里被偷盗。 | | shoplift to steal goods from a shop（从商店）偷盗（货物）: Security guards caught an elderly man shoplifting in the department store this afternoon.保安今天下午抓获一个偷盗商店货物的老头。 | | break into to enter someone’ s property illegally非法闯入，非法侵占（某人的财产）: The thieves had managed to break into the car and take the stereo.窃贼非法进入轿车中并将立体声设备盗走。 | | nick or pinch BRITISH (informal) to take something that belongs to someone else, usually used in a friendly way（通常指非恶意地顺手牵羊）拿走（他人的物品）: Someone’ s nicked my pen!有人顺手牵羊拿走了我的钢笔！ | | | |
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