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burgle sth
后接被盗的房屋、商店、办公室等地点/建筑作宾语。
They burgled the office and stole two computers.
他们闯入办公室盗窃，偷走了两台电脑。
破门盗窃；入室盗窃
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
破门盗窃；入室盗窃
to enter a building illegally and steal things; commit burglary
They burgled the office and stole two computers.
他们闯入办公室盗窃，偷走了两台电脑。
破门盗窃
v commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling
burgle
Base
原形
burgles
3rd person
第三人称单数
burgling
-ing
现在分词
burgled
Past
过去式
burgled
Past participle
过去分词
They burgle houses at night.
他们夜间破门盗窃房屋。
Someone burgled our flat last week.
上周有人闯进我们的公寓盗窃。
He is burgling the shop right now.
他现在正在闯入商店行窃。
破门盗窃（尤指入室行窃）；规则动词，过去式和过去分词均为 burgled。
A man tried to burgle our house while we were on holiday.
我们度假时，有人试图闯入我们家盗窃。
The police caught a burglar burgling a flat in the middle of the night.
警察在半夜抓到一名窃贼正在入室盗窃一套公寓。
The new locks make it much harder for anyone to burgle this apartment.
新门锁让任何人更难入室盗窃这套公寓。
后接被盗的房屋、商店、办公室等地点/建筑作宾语。
They burgled the office and stole two computers.
他们闯入办公室盗窃，偷走了两台电脑。
被动语态常用，施动者通常不提及，主语常是被盗的人或场所。
Our flat was burgled while we were on holiday.
我们度假期间家里遭了入室盗窃。
Not this
The thief burgled my wallet.
Use this
The thief stole my wallet.
burgle 的宾语应是处所或住户（如 a house、someone），不是被偷走的物品；表示偷走具体物品要用 steal。把 burgled 改为 stole 后，句意与原句一致。
Not this
He burgled into the house.
Use this
He burgled the house.
burgle 是及物动词，直接跟处所作宾语，不需要介词 into；这里可能是受了 break into 的影响而误加 into。去掉 into 后结构才正确。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
入室盗窃房子
The thieves burgled the house while the owners were on holiday.
小偷趁房主度假时破门盗窃了那所房子。
入室盗窃公寓
Someone burgled her flat last week.
上周有人闯进她的公寓盗窃。
遭入室盗窃
We got burgled while we were at work.
我们上班时家里遭入室盗窃了。
盗窃商店
The gang burgled a shop and stole thousands of pounds.
这伙人盗窃了一家商店，偷走了数千英镑。
入室盗窃住宅
Burglars burgled three homes in the same street.
窃贼在同一条街上入室盗窃了三户住宅。
Use burgle naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记法：burgle 与 burglar（入室窃贼）形似，想象那个窃贼正在屋里翻找，即破门入室盗窃。
语域：mixed 常见场景：日常对话、非正式书面语 burgle 通常用于口语和非正式书面语，比较常见于英式英语；正式文件或较严谨的写作中可说 commit a burglary。美式英语里这个词听感可能偏非正式，学习时可以留意地区差异。
与 burgle（/ˈbɜːɡəl/）真正押韵的词是 gurgle（/ˈɡɜːɡəl/）。bugle、bungle、bangle、burble、purple 都是形近词，但发音不同：bugle 读 /ˈbjuːɡəl/，bungle 读 /ˈbʌŋɡəl/，bangle 读 /ˈbæŋɡəl/，burble 读 /ˈbɜːbəl/，purple 读 /ˈpɜːpəl/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.