Word · Frequency #15006
smuggling
走私
the act of secretly importing prohibited goods or goods on which duty is due
- 1.
An act of something being smuggled.
走私某物的行为。
走私某物的行为。；走私；[经] 走私
In use
The smuggling of rare animals across the border is a serious crime.
Police arrested three people for their part in the smuggling of untaxed cigarettes.
The new law introduces harsher penalties for the smuggling of goods by sea.
smuggling of [sth]
smuggling of sth 表示“对某物的走私”，of 后接被走私的物品。
The smuggling of cultural relics is illegal.
对文物的走私是非法的。
[sth] smuggling
名词修饰 smuggling 时，表示被走私的物品，如 drug smuggling（毒品走私）、arms smuggling（军火走私）。
Drug smuggling is a global problem.
毒品走私是一个全球性问题。
Common mistakes
Smuggle is a serious crime.Smuggling is a serious crime.
主语位置需要名词或动名词，smuggling 是名词（动名词），不能直接用动词原形 smuggle。
He was arrested for a smuggling.He was arrested for smuggling.
表示“走私”这一抽象活动时，smuggling 是不可数名词，前面不加不定冠词 a。
He is a smuggling.He is a smuggler.
表示“走私者”要用指人的名词 smuggler，smuggling 是行为名词，不能用来指人。
Connections
Collocations
- drug smuggling
- 毒品走私
- The police arrested him for drug smuggling.警方以毒品走私罪逮捕了他。
- human smuggling
- 人口走私
- Human smuggling is a serious crime.人口走私是严重犯罪。
- smuggling ring
- 走私集团
- The smuggling ring operated across three countries.这个走私集团在三个国家活动。
- smuggling operation
- 走私行动
- Customs officials uncovered a large smuggling operation.海关官员发现了一起大规模走私行动。
- smuggling charges
- 走私指控
- He is facing smuggling charges.他面临走私指控。
- smuggling attempt
Learner notes
Memory Tip
sm 像‘私密’的声母：私密地夹带货物过关，就是走私。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：法律语境、海关检查、新闻报道 该词属于中性词，但通常多用于正式或书面语境，如法律条文、海关文件和新闻报道；日常口语中较少单独使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Juggling, struggling, and snuggling rhyme with smuggling (all end with /ʌɡlɪŋ/). Tangling, mingling, and wriggling also end in 'gling' but have different vowel sounds (/æ/ and /ɪ/), so they are useful lookalikes to watch out for.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.