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  • Conjugation : past  stole ; pp  stolen ; ing  stealing
  • Derivative : n  stealer
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

steal [stiːl]
  1. 1. vt. 偷窃
  2. 2. vi. 行窃
  3. 3. vi. to steal away/out 悄悄溜走
    he stole it from me
    他从我这里把它偷走了

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

steal [stɪl] [stɪːl]
  1. 1. vt. 偷，窃取；剽窃
    Someone stole the money out of the table.
    有人偷了桌子里的钱。
  2. 2. vt. 偷偷（或悄悄）地做
    to steal a look
    偷看
    to steal a kiss
    偷吻
  3. 3. vt. 偷偷进来（或出去），溜；偷偷放进；私运，窃带（in，into，from，away等）
  4. 4. vt. 笼络，骗取，偷得
    to steal someone's heart
    (在不知不觉间)赢得某人的欢心
  5. 5. vt. 僭据，侵占
  6. 6. vt. [American English] [baseball] 偷（垒）
  7. 7. vi. 行窃，偷东西；做贼
  8. 8. vi. 悄悄地移动（或溜掉等）
  9. 9. vi. [American English] [baseball] 偷垒
  10. 10. noun [verbal] 偷窃；偷来的东西
  11. 11. noun [verbal] 赃物
  12. 12. noun [verbal] 不正当交易
  13. 13. noun [verbal] 以极低价买得的东西；便宜货（与a连用）
  14. 14. noun [baseball] 偷垒
  15. 15. noun [basketball] 抢断

Collins English-English Dictionary

steal [stiːl]
  1. 1. vb to take (something) from someone, etc without permission or unlawfully, esp in a secret manner
  2. 2. vt. [tr] to obtain surreptitiously
  3. 3. vt. [tr] to appropriate (ideas, etc) without acknowledgment, as in plagiarism
  4. 4. vt. to move or convey stealthily
    they stole along the corridor
  5. 5. vi. [intr] to pass unnoticed
    the hours stole by
  6. 6. vt. [tr] to win or gain by strategy or luck, as in various sports
    to steal a few yards
  7. 7. n [informal] the act of stealing
  8. 8. n something stolen or acquired easily or at little cost
  9. 9. n [Etymology] Old English stelan; related to Old Frisian, Old Norse stela Gothic stilan, German stehlen
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Examples

to steal a look
偷看 → steal
to steal a kiss
偷吻 → steal
to steal someone's heart
(在不知不觉间)赢得某人的欢心 → steal
He tried to steal my wallet, the dirty dog.
那个坏蛋，他想偷我的钱。 → dog
it is wrong to steal, stealing is wrong
偷窃是不道德的 → wrong
we have observed that you steal → observe
to steal a few yards → steal
察觉到一个盗窃国家机密的阴谋
discover a plot to steal government secrets → 察觉
盗窃国家机密
steal state secrets → 盗窃
他发过誓不再偷了，可不久又旧病复发，走上了犯罪道路。
He swore that he would never steal again, but soon relapsed into a life of crime. → 旧病复发
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