theft

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n. 盗窃, 失窃, 盗窃罪, 赃物 [法] 盗窃行为, 偷窃, 失窃

发音

UK /θɛft/
其它
US /θɛft/

词形变化

thefts 复数 thefts

教材释义与例句

名词

盗窃；偷；赃物

the crime of stealing

Car theft is on the increase.

汽车盗窃案在上升。

an arrest for petty theft

以小偷小摸罪名逮捕

Three men were charged with attempted theft .

三名男子被指控企图行窃。

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    The act of stealing property.

    盗窃

    可数 不可数

    resource theft

    Bike theft is on the rise.

    A suspect was arrested for the theft of a gold necklace.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

stealing thieving larceny thievery

上位词 1

felony

下位词 10

robbery petty rustling shoplifting embezzlement skimming biopiracy defalcation grand larceny grand theft

相关短语

theft by finding 拾遗不报 grand theft auto 盗窃汽车 identity theft n. 身份盗窃, 身份盗用（指窃取他人个人信息以使用其银行账户等） retail theft petty theft [法] 小偷 wage theft 盗窃工资 time theft joke theft grand theft 重偷窃罪 wind theft

词源

From Middle English theft, thefte, þefte, þefþe, þiefþe, Old English þīefþ, from Proto-West Germanic *þiubiþu, from Proto-Germanic *þiubiþō, from *þeubaz (“thief”), equivalent to thief or thieve + -t (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Old Frisian thiuvethe, thiufthe (“theft”), dialectal Dutch diefte (“theft”), obsolete German Diebde (“theft”), Icelandic þýfð (“theft”).

来源：wiktionary