theft學測 L5KK [ˈθɛft] ｜ /ˈθɛft/
竊盜；盜竊行為
龍騰B3課文單字，社會新聞常見
The store owner called the police as soon as he noticed the theft of his motorcycle.
老闆一發現機車遭竊，立刻報警。
一個畫面：順手牽羊
伸手手悄悄伸向不屬於自己的東西
帶走沒有經過同意就拿走
遁逃得手後迅速離開現場
義項
伸手行竊B2noun竊盜；盜竊行為
Police arrested John for theft after he took money from the cash register.
警方以竊盜罪逮捕從收銀機偷錢的約翰。
commit theftreport a theftcar theft
片語
identity theft假扮成你 →冒用他人身分行騙
car theft偷走轎車 →汽車遭竊的案件
commit theft犯下竊案 →做出竊盜的行為
你會不會這樣說？
Police arrested John for ___ after he took money from the cash register. (theft / thief)
看答案
theft
theft 是竊盜行為，thief 是竊賊本人，只差一字母。
『identity theft』最接近下列何者？(A) 偷車 (B) 冒用他人身分行騙 (C) 犯罪紀錄
看答案
(B)
identity theft 指冒用他人身分資料詐騙，並非偷走實體物品。
字族
thief 竊賊；小偷・steal 偷竊（動詞）
順路看看
robbery — 當面使用暴力或威脅搶走財物多益練習
本區為多益情境練習，與上方釋義獨立編寫
情境例句
向公司保全通報失竊
The office manager reported the theft of a projector to building security.
辦公室經理向大樓保全通報一台投影機遭竊。
倉庫設備失竊紀錄
Two thefts of equipment occurred at the warehouse last month.
上個月倉庫發生了兩起設備竊盜事件。
詞族
theft 名詞 竊盜；一起竊盜事件・thefts 複數名詞 多起竊盜事件・thief 可數名詞 竊賊・thieves 複數名詞 多名竊賊
四選一
The report lists three separate ____ of office equipment, each of which occurred on a different date.
看答案
thefts
three separate 後需要複數名詞，且 occurred on a different date 說明先行詞是發生的事件，因此選 thefts。theft 和 thief 是單數；thieves 指人，不能在此被描述為於某日「發生」。
同義改寫
The office manager reported the theft of a projector to building security. → The office manager informed building security that a projector had been stolen.
兩句都表示經理告知保全投影機遭竊，保留通報者、接收者與失竊物品。
Two thefts of equipment occurred at the warehouse last month. → Equipment was stolen from the warehouse on two separate occasions last month.
two separate occasions 保留兩起事件的數量，was stolen 對應設備遭竊，地點與月份不變。