purloin
音标发音
- 英式音标 [pɜː'lɒɪn]
- 美式音标 [pɜrˈlɔɪn]
- 国际音标 [pə:'lɔin]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt. 偷窃
- vi. 偷窃
词根记忆
- pur(向前，向外) + loin(=long远)→把别人的东西带到远方→偷窃；注意不要和purlieu(n.附近)相混
- 兔子不吃窝边草，小偷不偷(purloin)自家邻(purlieu)→盗取
英汉例句
- What person purloin be after all the money of these people?
究竟是什么人盗取了这些人的钱呢？
dict.cn - You even issued me a user name and a password so secret it had to be hidden in a "safe place" lest someone purloin it.
你们甚至给我指定了用户名和密码，密码保密性真高，我还得将之藏在“安全的地方”，以防他人窃取。 - For our own part, we do not think so; it seems to us impossible that the same hand should pluck laurels and purloin the shoes from a dead man.
赢得桂冠而又偷窃一个死人的鞋子，在我们看来，似乎不是同一只手干得出来的。 - The second is the sort that corrupt bureaucrats and their businessmen accomplices are able to purloin.
ECONOMIST: The sad fate of a loyal Putinista - Once the phishers purloin your account information, they can get right into your bank account and start stealing money or transferring it to other vendors to buy jewels and other merchandise.
FORBES: "Gameover" Bank Access Scam Channels Cybertheft - Doonesbury 2002Now that the mainstream media have apparently run out of bluesnarfing stories to stir up public concern, they've turned back to an earlier "threat" — fiendish wardrivers out to purloin bandwidth for unknown and nefarious purposes.
ENGADGET: Beware the wardriving menace
双语例句
权威例句
英英字典
- to steal something
- If someone purloins something, they steal it or borrow it without asking permission.