burgling

英 [ˈbɜːɡlɪŋ]

美 [ˈbɜːrɡlɪŋ]

v.  入室盗窃
burgle的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 破门盗窃；入室盗窃
  If a buildingis burgled, a thief enters it by force and steals things.
  1. I found that my flat had been burgled...
     我发现我的公寓被盗了。
  2. I thought we had been burgled...
     我想我们被盗了。
  3. Two teenagers burgled the home of Mr Jones's mother.
     两个少年闯进了琼斯先生的母亲家里行窃。

in AM, use 美国英语用 burglarize

双语例句

• His skill as an engineer was misapplied to burgling safes.
  他把一个工程师所拥有的技能滥用来盗窃保险箱。
• A Dutch thief left an apologetic letter and promised a donation after he realized he was burgling a charity that helps the poor and elderly.
  荷兰某位小偷在一家教堂行窃，当他意识到该教堂是专门帮助穷人和老人时，留下了这么一封检讨信，并承诺将来会捐款。
• Mr Obama tends to follow the law, would never approve of burgling the opposition and bears no vengeful traits.
  奥巴马倾向于依法办事，不会批准窃听对手，也没有报复心理。
• The Grinch vows to spoil Christmas and goes burgling every Who house, dressed as Santa Clause and flying a rocket-powered sled he banged together from junkyard scrap.
  “圣诞怪杰”发誓要彻底破坏圣诞节，他打扮成圣诞老人，骑着用废铜兰铁敲打出来的雪橇，到每个镇上人的家里偷盗。
• Jim worked out a plan for burgling a dressmaking establishment nearby.
  詹姆拟了一套偷窃附近一家服装店的计划。