而steal壹般是偷偷摸摸地
robbery /?r?b?r?/
1.
N-VAR Robbery is the crime of stealing money or property from a bank, shop, or vehicle, often by using force or threats. 搶劫; 搶劫罪
例：
The gang members committed dozens of armed robberies over the past year.
該團夥成員在過去壹年中犯下了數十起持械搶劫罪。
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rob /r?b/
1. V-T If someone is robbed, they have money or property stolen from them. 盜竊; 搶劫
例：
Mrs. Yacoub was robbed of her designer watch at her Westchester home.
雅各布夫人的名牌手表在她威斯特切斯特的家中被人盜走了。
2. V-T If someone is robbed of something that they deserve, have, or need, it is taken away from them. 搶走
例：
When Miles Davis died jazz was robbed of its most distinctive voice.
當邁爾斯?戴維斯去世時，爵士樂裏最具特色的聲音也被奪走了。
steal /sti?l/
1.
V-T/V-I If you steal something from someone, you take it away from them without their permission and without intending to return it. 偷
例：
He was accused of stealing a small boy's bicycle.
他被指控偷了壹個小男孩的自行車。
例：
People who are drug addicts come in and steal.
吸毒成癮的人們進來偷東西。
2. stolen ADJ 被盜的
例：
We have now found the stolen car.
我們現已找到被盜的汽車。
3. V-T If you steal someone else's ideas, you pretend that they are your own. 剽竊
例：
A writer is suing director Steven Spielberg for allegedly stealing his film idea.
壹個作家正在控告史蒂文·斯皮爾伯格導演剽竊了他的電影創意。