Burglary
['bɜːglərɪ] or ['bɝɡləri]
解释:
(noun.) entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property.
贝妮塔整理--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) Breaking and entering the dwelling house of another, in the nighttime, with intent to commit a felony therein, whether the felonious purpose be accomplished or not.
整理:肯尼思
同义词及近义词：
n. House-breaking (at night).
编辑:奥马尔
例句:
- To get at this, I endeavored first of all to solve the reason of the original burglary at Mr. Acton's. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- But then, when the man commits burglary in order to break images which are not his own, that brings it away from the doctor and on to the policeman. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- Mentally, I have now committed a burglary under the meanest circumstances, and the myrmidons of justice are at my heels. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- The expedition sent to Jerusalem to seize it got into trouble and could not accomplish the burglary, and so the centre of the mausoleum is vacant now. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Burglary or pocket-picking wanted 'prenticeship. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- He was accompanied by a little elderly gentleman, who was introduced to me as the Mr. Acton whose house had been the scene of the original burglary. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- I suppose he wants to find out some clue as to the burglary last night, if a burglar it was. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- But if those two fellows were to commit a burglary to-morrow, my opinion of this action would be equally high. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- His talk about a burglary was the merest blind. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- Three burglaries, two forgeries, and a midnight assassination. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
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