purloined

英 [pɜːˈlɔɪnd]

美 [pɜːrˈlɔɪnd]

v.  偷窃; 擅自使用
purloin的过去分词和过去式

过去式：purloined　

BNC.48750 / COCA.33546

柯林斯词典

• VERB 偷窃；偷取
  If someonepurloinssomething, they steal it or borrow it without asking permission.
  1. Each side purloins the other's private letters.
     双方彼此都偷对方的私人信件。

双语例句

• The Purloined Letter has become a classic work for those annotating the modern critical theories.
  《窃信案》又成为注释现代批评理论的经典之作。
• I knew perfectly well my note was purloined.
  再清楚不过：我那张字条是让人偷看了。
• Purloined the key to his safe-deposit box.
  拿走了他保险盒的钥匙。
• I purloined his discarded newspaper after he left the room.
  他离开房间后我偷偷拿走了他扔掉的报纸。
• Carol discovered that Mike had purloined her idea for her essay and used it in his own paper.
  嘉乐发现迈克剽窃了她文章的构思，然后写成了他自己的论文。
• Jacobs says company representatives have spotted purloined patterns in many stores.
  雅各布表示，企业代表们在许多商店窃取设计样式。
• A blunder in September, when the unedited versions of purloined American diplomatic cables were released thanks to a stray password, brought a temporary flurry of publicity.
  九月份由于一系列密码泄露了未经编辑的美国外交电报带来了短暂轰动的宣传。
• That's a nice pen, where did you get it? Oh, I purloined it from the office.
  那支钢笔很不错，哪儿弄来的？我从办公室顺手牵羊拿的。
• This book collects five detective stories of Edgar Allan Poe: A Purloined Letter, The Gold-Bug, The Murders in the Rue Morgue etc.
  本书收入埃德加·爱伦·坡的：《失窃的信》、《金甲虫》、《玛丽·罗杰疑案》、《你就是凶手》、《莫格街凶杀案》五篇侦探作品。
• Really? Strange that in a country that officially spends more money on internal security measures, censorship and control of the Internet than on its military, Beijing has not been able to shut a few sites that sell purloined music and videos.
  一个在国内安全措施、审查和互联网管制方面花的钱比军费还多的国家，居然没有能力打掉区区一些贩卖盗版音像产品的网站，真是咄咄怪事。