make a steal
多用于篮球、冰球等运动，指从对方手中断球；steal 在此为可数名词。
The guard made a steal and passed the ball to a teammate.
那名后卫完成一次抢断，然后把球传给了队友。
抢断；盗垒；偷分；偷写策略；偷窃行为
偷窃行为
The act of stealing.
防守球员主动从对方球队手中夺取球或冰球的情况
A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team.
盗垒
A stolen base.
在没有最后一投权的情况下得分
Scoring in an end without the hammer.
数据库系统中的一种策略,允许事务在提交前写入非易失性存储
A policy in database systems that a database follows which allows a transaction to be written on nonvolatile storage before its commit occurs.
The police are investigating the steal of a valuable painting from the museum.
警方正在调查博物馆一幅珍贵画作被盗的事件。
用法提示：steal 为名词，指“偷窃行为”，作 investigating 的宾语。
The store owner saw the steal and immediately called the police.
店主看到了偷窃行为，立刻报了警。
用法提示：steal 为名词，指“偷窃行为”，作 saw 的宾语。
The security guard prevented a steal at the front entrance.
保安阻止了前门入口处的一起偷窃行为。
用法提示：steal 为名词，指“偷窃行为”，作 prevented 的宾语。
多用于篮球、冰球等运动，指从对方手中断球；steal 在此为可数名词。
The guard made a steal and passed the ball to a teammate.
那名后卫完成一次抢断，然后把球传给了队友。
of 后接被抢走的东西或目标，如 the ball、second base。
The steal of the ball led to the winning goal.
这次断球带来了制胜的一球。
in 后接比赛阶段或时间段，说明抢断发生的时刻。
Her steal in the final minute sealed the win.
她在最后一分钟的抢断锁定了胜局。
最通用的名词，泛指任何偷窃行为；steal 是动词，theft 是名词，替换时注意词性变化。
强调使用暴力或威胁夺取财物；steal 不包含暴力。
特指非法进入建筑物偷窃；steal 没有地点限制。
特指在商店偷商品；steal 可指任何偷窃。
grammar · medium
易错句子He made three steal in the game.
正确表达He made three steals in the game.
steal 是可数名词,前面有基数词 three 时必须用复数形式 steals;汉语名词本身没有单复数变化,学习者容易漏掉 -s。
grammar · medium
易错句子The guard made steal near the end of the game.
正确表达The guard made a steal near the end of the game.
steal 作可数名词的单数形式时,前面必须有冠词等限定词,a steal 表示球类比赛中的“一次抢断”;汉语说“完成抢断”不加冠词,所以常漏掉 a。
grammar · medium
易错句子He didn't make much steal in the game.
正确表达He didn't make many steals in the game.
steal 是可数名词,表示次数要用 many 修饰,名词本身也要用复数 many steals;much 只能修饰不可数名词。汉语“很多”不区分可数与否,因此常误用 much。
此处针对名词义项“偷窃行为”；“return”指把财物交还原主，可与该义项构成反义，但不适用于“抢断”“盗垒”等体育义项。
完成一次抢断
The guard made a steal with ten seconds left.
比赛还剩十秒时，这名后卫完成了一次抢断。
偷本垒
He attempted a steal of home in the ninth inning.
他在第九局尝试偷本垒。
偷得一分
They took the lead with a steal of one in the eighth end.
他们在第八局偷得一分，取得领先。
偷页策略
Under the steal policy, a transaction may write to disk before it commits.
在偷页策略下，事务可以在提交前写入磁盘。
指偷窃他人财物的人，常与 steal 的名词义“偷窃行为”出现在同一话题中。
查处、调查偷窃案件时涉及的执法人员，与偷窃行为密切相关。
用于证明偷窃行为发生的材料或线索，是相关叙事中常见的词。
为防范偷窃而设置的监控、警报等安全手段，常与偷窃话题一起讨论。
偷窃行为所侵害的人或一方，常出现在描述事件经过的语境中。
抢某人的风头；抢功
I wanted to announce my engagement, but my sister stole my thunder by telling everyone she was pregnant.
我想宣布订婚，但姐姐抢先告诉大家她怀孕了，抢了我的风头。
抢先一步；占领先机
Our rival company stole a march on us by releasing the product first.
我们的竞争对手抢先发布了产品，占了我们的先机。
抢尽风头；成为最引人注目者
The supporting actor stole the show with his brilliant performance.
那位配角以出色的表演抢尽了风头。
我要偷走《独立宣言》。
In National Treasure, Nicolas Cage's character says, "I'm going to steal the Declaration of Independence."
在电影《国家宝藏》中，尼古拉斯·凯奇饰演的角色说：“我要偷走《独立宣言》。”
悄悄离去，悄悄离去，悄悄离去找耶稣。
In the African-American spiritual "Steal Away," the refrain goes, "Steal away, steal away, steal away to Jesus."
在非裔美国人灵歌《Steal Away》中，副歌唱道：“悄悄离去，悄悄离去，悄悄离去找耶稣。”
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