steal
verbVerb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they steal | |
| he / she / it steals | |
| past simple stole | |
| past participle stolen | |
| -ing form stealing |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to take something from a person, shop, etc. without permission and without intending to return it or pay for it 偷；窃取 I'll report you to the police if I catch you stealing again. 如果我再抓到你偷东西，我就报警。 - steal from somebody/something
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。 - steal something
My wallet was stolen. 我的钱包给人偷了。 I had my wallet stolen. 我的钱包给人偷了。 Thieves stole jewellery worth over £10 000. 窃贼偷走了价值 1 万多英镑的珠宝。 - steal something from somebody/something
He stole a car from the parking lot of a mall. 他从商场的停车场偷了一辆车。 It's a crime to handle stolen goods. 经销赃物是犯法的。 He was charged with possession of stolen property. 他被指控拥有赃物。 - (figurative)
to steal somebody’s ideas 剽窃某人的观点 - (figurative)
They accused the president of stealing the election (= winning it by cheating). 他们指责总统偷了选举。
Homophones steal | steelsteal steel- steal verb
Lock your bike up so that nobody can steal it. 把你的自行车锁起来，这样就没人能偷了。
- steel noun
The best kitchen knives are made from stainless steel. 最好的菜刀是由不锈钢制成的。
- steel verb
They had to steel themselves to watch their cherished work being destroyed. 他们不得不坚强起来，看着自己珍爱的作品被摧毁。
Collocations CrimeTopics Crime and punishmenta2Crime 犯罪 Committing a crime 犯罪 - commit a crime/a murder/a violent assault/a brutal killing/an armed robbery/fraud
犯罪／谋杀罪／暴力侵犯他人身体罪／残杀罪／持械抢劫罪／诈骗罪 - be involved in terrorism/a suspected arson attack/people smuggling/human trafficking
参与恐怖主义活动；涉嫌纵火袭击；参与人口走私／人口贩卖 - engage/participate in criminal activity/illegal practices/acts of mindless vandalism
参与犯罪活动／非法活动／愚昧的故意毁坏他人财产的行为 - steal somebody’s wallet/purse/(British English) mobile phone/(North American English) cell phone
偷某人的钱包／手机 - rob a bank/a person/a tourist
抢劫银行／他人／游客 - break into/ (British English) burgle/ (North American English) burglarize a house/a home/an apartment
入室盗窃 - hijack a plane/ship/bus
劫持飞机／轮船／公共汽车 - smuggle drugs/weapons/arms/immigrants
走私毒品／武器／军火；偷运移民 - launder drug money (through something)
（通过…）洗毒资 - forge documents/certificates/passports
伪造文件／证件／护照 - take/accept/pay somebody/offer (somebody) a bribe
索取／收受贿赂；向（某人）行贿 - run a phishing/an email/an internet scam
进行网络钓鱼／电子邮件／互联网诈骗
Fighting crime 打击犯罪 - combat/fight crime/terrorism/corruption/drug trafficking
打击犯罪／恐怖主义／腐败／贩毒 - prevent/stop credit-card fraud/child abuse/software piracy
防止／阻止信用卡诈骗／虐待儿童／软件盗版 - deter/stop criminals/burglars/thieves/shoplifters/vandals
威慑／阻止犯罪分子／入室盗窃者／小偷／商店扒手／故意破坏公物者 - reduce/tackle/crack down on knife/gun/violent/street crime; (especially British English) antisocial behaviour
减少／处理／严厉打击持刀／持枪／暴力／街头犯罪／反社会行为 - foil a bank raid/a terrorist plot
挫败一起银行抢劫案／一次恐怖分子的阴谋 - help/support/protect the victims of crime
帮助／支持／保护犯罪活动的受害者
Investigating crime 调查犯罪活动 - report a crime/a theft/a rape/an attack/(especially British English) an incident to the police
向警方举报不法行为／偷窃案／强奸案／袭击事件／暴力事件 - witness the crime/attack/murder/incident
目击犯罪／袭击／谋杀／暴力事件 - investigate a murder/(especially North American English) a homicide/a burglary/a robbery/the alleged incident
调查谋杀案／蓄意杀人案／入室盗窃案／抢劫案／涉嫌的暴力事件 - conduct/launch/pursue an investigation (into…); (especially British English) a police/murder inquiry
进行／开始／继续（对…的）调查／警方调查／谋杀案调查 - investigate/reopen a criminal/murder case
调查／重新审理犯罪／谋杀案件 - examine/investigate/find fingerprints at the crime scene/the scene of crime
仔细检查／调查／查找犯罪现场的指纹 - collect/gather forensic evidence
收集法医证据 - uncover new evidence/a fraud/a scam/a plot/a conspiracy/political corruption/a cache of weapons
发现新证据／诈骗／欺诈／密谋／阴谋／政治腐败／私藏武器 - describe/identify a suspect/the culprit/the perpetrator/the assailant/the attacker
描述／指认嫌疑犯／罪犯／作恶者／攻击者／袭击者 - question/interrogate a suspect/witness
询问嫌疑人／目击证人 - solve/crack the case
破案
- [intransitive] + adv./prep.
to move secretly and quietly so that other people do not notice you 偷偷地（或悄悄地）移动 She stole out of the room so as not to wake the baby. 她生怕惊醒婴儿，蹑手蹑脚地从房间里出来。 - (figurative)
A chill stole over her body. 她突然感到浑身发冷。
- [transitive] steal something
(in baseball 棒球 to run to the next base before another player from your team hits the ball, so that you are closer to scoring 偷（垒）
Word OriginOld English stelan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stelen and German stehlen.
Idioms
steal a glance/look (at somebody/something)
to look at somebody/something quickly so that nobody sees you doing it 偷偷看…一眼
steal somebody’s heart
- (literary)
to make somebody fall in love with you 博得某人的欢心
steal a kiss (from somebody)
- (literary)
to kiss somebody suddenly or secretly 突然吻一下；偷吻
steal a march (on somebody)
- [no passive]
to gain an advantage over somebody by doing something before them 抢先（某人）一步；抢得先机 The company is looking at ways to steal a march on its European competitors. 该公司正在想办法抢在欧洲竞争对手的前面。
steal the show
steal somebody’s thunder
to get the attention, success, etc. that somebody else was expecting, usually by saying or doing what they had intended to say or do 抢了某人的风头（或功劳）；抢先讲（或做）