Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #36048
shoplift
/ˈʃɑˌplɪft/
verb
在商店里偷窃；顺手牵羊
核心释义
to steal goods from a shop while it is open, typically by hiding them
- 1.
在营业时间从商店偷窃商品,通常通过隐藏货物
To steal something from a shop or store during business hours, usually by means of hiding merchandise.
- 2.
在营业时间从商店偷窃
To steal from shops / stores during trading hours.
在营业时间从商店偷窃商品,通常通过隐藏货物；在营业时间从商店偷窃；vt. 入店偷窃商品
用法In use
She shoplifts from the supermarket every week.
用法提示：shoplifts是动词shoplift的第三人称单数形式，表示行为的发生。
The security guard caught a teenager shoplifting in the store.
用法提示：shoplifting是动词shoplift的现在分词形式，与caught构成复合谓语表示正在进行的偷窃行为。
They were arrested for having shoplifted expensive watches.
用法提示：shoplifted是动词shoplift的过去分词形式，与having构成完成时态，强调动作已完成。
shoplift from sth
from 后接被行窃的商店或场所；shoplift 常作不及物动词，用这一结构说明偷窃地点。
The teenagers shoplifted from a convenience store.
那几个青少年从一家便利店偷了东西。
be caught shoplifting
这一结构多用被动语态，表示在偷窃时被当场抓获。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- be caught shoplifting
- 被抓到在商店偷窃
- He was caught shoplifting at the local supermarket.他在当地超市偷东西时被抓。
- shoplift from a store
- 从商店偷窃商品
- Teenagers often shoplift from convenience stores.青少年常常在便利店偷东西。
- be arrested for shoplifting
- 因在商店偷窃被捕
- She was arrested for shoplifting last month.她上个月因在商店偷窃被捕。
- shoplift goods
- 偷窃商品
- The man tried to shoplift goods worth over $200.那名男子试图偷窃价值超过200美元的商品。
- admit to shoplifting
学习提示Learner notes
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