steal someone's thunder

短语

窃取功劳

发音

AU

词形变化

stealing someone's thunder steals someone's thunder 三单 steals someone's thunder stolen someone's thunder stole someone's thunder stealing someone's thunder 现在分词 stole someone's thunder 过去式 stolen someone's thunder 过去式 stolen someone's thunder 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To appropriate someone's ideas or information, typically in order to look better at that person's expense.

    窃取功劳

    剽窃

    习语
  2. 2.

    To detract from someone's accomplishments or glory; to undermine.

    贬低他人成就

    破坏声誉

    习语

词源

Based on a 1704 quote of John Dennis, a literary critic and playwright, who invented a novel method for creating a sound effect for thunder. The play in which he first introduced this method flopped. When the next play shown in the theatre, Macbeth, used his technique for simulating thunder, Dennis was reported in the press as jumping up and crying "How these rascals use me! They will not have my play, yet steal my thunder."

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