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。