pilfering是什么意思？

pilfering

• v. 偷窃（小东西），小偷( pilfer的现在分词 )，偷窃（一般指小偷小摸）；

动词：pilfer;

名词：pilferage, pilferer;

例句

• He is caught pilfering. 他行窃当场被抓住。
• He was caught pilfering. 他行窃时被抓个正着。
• Precautions had to be taken to prevent pilfering. 必须采取防范措施阻止偷盗行为。
• We still encounter case of pilfering, eyewash and bureaucratism. 我们还会发现小偷小摸 、 吹牛拍马以及官僚主义的种种现象.
• Pilfering has stopped entirely since they put Angus in charge of the stores. 自从他们让安格斯掌管商店以来,小偷小摸就杜绝了.
• When food stores close, they go to work, pilfering food for resale on the black market. 食品店关门后，他们就行动起来，偷食品拿到黑市上出售。
• Staff were pilfering behind the bar... 店员在柜台后有些小偷小摸的行为。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  小偷小摸；偷窃（不太贵重的东西）
  If someone pilfers, they steal things, usually small cheap things.
  例句
  Staff were pilfering behind the bar... 店员在柜台后有些小偷小摸的行为。 When food stores close, they go to work, pilfering food for resale on the black market. 食品店关门后，他们就行动起来，偷食品拿到黑市上出售。