shoplifter是英語名詞,英式發音為[ˈʃɒplɪftə(r)],美式發音為[ˈʃɑːplɪftər],指在商店行竊的扒手,複數形式為shoplifters。該詞英英釋義為"a thief who steals goods that are in a store",同義詞包括booster、lifter。
該詞常見於影視作品及執法場景名稱,如《順手牽羊》(The Shoplifter)、《超級市場警衛防衛戰》(Shoplifter Defence)、《查找有名的商店扒手》(Locate Celebrity Shoplifter)等。在犯罪研究領域,權威學術論文標題涵蓋《零售安全設計進展:揭示扒手對物理環境的感知》《零售環境中的商店盜竊:對扒手感知和情境因素的分析》等。執法實務中延伸出"Catching the Shoplifter"(抓小偷)等用法。
基本介紹
- 外文名:shoplifter
- 詞性:名詞
- 發音:[ˈʃɑːplɪftər]
單詞釋義
短語搭配
雙語例句
- A persistent shoplifter has been banned from every shop in town. 一個商店行竊慣犯已被禁止進入鎮上任何一家商店。
- I believe he is a shoplifter. 我想他是個扒手。
- The security guard watched the shoplifter steal the clock. 保全盯著商品盜竊者偷這個鐘。
- Listen, "said the shoplifter," I know you don't want any trouble either. 聽著,“小偷說,”我知道你們也不想惹麻煩。
- "Listen," said the shoplifter, "I know you don't want any trouble either." “聽著,”小偷說,“我知道你們也不想惹麻煩。”
- A skillful shoplifter doesn't have to pay for items he or she buys in shops. 巧畫刊沒有支付項目中,他或她購買的商店。
- "I was getting abuse every day," says Mr. Duckworth, who left his job due to a knee injury inflicted by a would-be shoplifter. 達克沃斯先生說:“我每天都要被這些不文明的行為折磨。”而他現在已經不幹這個工作了,原因是他的膝蓋被一個可能成為入店盜竊犯的人弄傷。
- The average shoplifter steals at least twice a week, gets caught one time in 48 and is then handed over to the police in 50% of cases. 普通的商店偷竊者每周起碼盜竊2次,每48次偷竊被抓住一次,並有50%的幾率因此被送進警察局。
- German shoppers sprang to the help of shoplifter who was being detained after trying to steal clothes at a department store, wrongly assuming she was being attacked by strangers, police said. 警方說,一個打算偷衣服的女扒手在一家百貨商場裡遭到扣留,商場的顧客們卻誤以為她遭到了陌生人的騷擾,紛紛“拔刀相助”。

