Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #21311
shoplifting
入店行窃；商店盗窃
核心释义
the act of stealing goods from a shop during trading hours
- 1.
从商店或其他营业场所偷窃商品的行为。
The action of stealing goods from a shop, store or other place of business.
- 2.
营业时间内在商店行窃。
A theft from a shop during trading hours.
从商店或其他营业场所偷窃商品的行为。；营业时间内在商店行窃。；入店行窃；[法] 冒充顾客进入商店行窃
用法In use
The store installed new cameras to reduce shoplifting.
用法提示：句中shoplifting作为名词，表示“入店行窃”这一行为。
He was arrested for shoplifting at the mall.
用法提示：shoplifting在此处是名词，常与介词for连用表示原因。
Shoplifting can lead to serious legal consequences.
用法提示：shoplifting作主语，指代一种犯罪行为，为不可数名词。
be accused of shoplifting
She was accused of shoplifting at the bookstore.
她被指控在书店入店行窃。
catch sb shoplifting
catch 后接宾语和现在分词，表示当场发现某人正在做某事。
The security guard caught the teenager shoplifting.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- commit shoplifting
- 实施入店行窃
- He committed shoplifting at the electronics store.他在电子产品商店实施了入店行窃。
- shoplifting charge
- 入店行窃指控
- The shoplifting charge was dropped for lack of evidence.因证据不足，入店行窃指控被撤销了。
- shoplifting spree
- 连续入店行窃
- The teenagers went on a shoplifting spree over the weekend.那些青少年周末进行了一连串入店行窃。
- be accused of shoplifting
- 被指控入店行窃
- She was accused of shoplifting at the department store.她被指控在百货商店入店行窃。
- catch someone shoplifting
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想：在商店（shop）里把商品“lift”（拿走）——入店行窃。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、新闻报道、法律文件 shoplifting 是中性常用词，通常在日常对话、新闻报道和法律文件中都会自然使用，没有明显的正式或随意色彩。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
以 /ɪftɪŋ/ 结尾的词与 shoplifting 中 -lifting 的读音相同，构成真正押韵：lifting, gifting, shifting, drifting, sifting, weightlifting。注意拼写相似的 -ping 词（如 shopping /ˈʃɒpɪŋ/、shipping /ˈʃɪpɪŋ/）结尾是 /pɪŋ/，并不押韵。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
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