burglarize

burglarize — 動詞

  • burglarizepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • burglarizes3rd person singular
  • burglarizing-ing form
  • burglarizedpast simple

1. to go into a house, shop, or similar building without permission and steal prope

1.動詞及物B2
釋義

入室行竊

闖進建築物偷走財物

to go into a house, shop, or similar building without permission and steal property there

例句

Someone burglarized Emily's flower shop before the market opened.

有人在市場開門前闖進 Emily 的花店入室行竊。

burglarize + place object

Thieves burglarized our apartment while we were visiting Renata's parents.

我們去探望 Renata 的父母時，竊賊闖進公寓入室行竊。

burglarize a home during absence

常見搭配
  • burglarize a house
  • burglarize a shop
  • burglarize an office
  • was burglarized
同義詞
  • break into

    more everyday and less formal; it stresses illegal entry and does not always show that anything was stolen

  • rob

    broader and often used with a person, bank, or business as the object rather than the building entered

反義詞
  • guard

    to protect a place so thieves cannot enter it

  • secure

    to make a building safer against theft or forced entry

文法句型

burglarize + place

place + was burglarized

try to burglarize + place

用法筆記

The object is usually the building that was entered, not the money or goods that were taken. In crime reports, the passive form is common when the place is more important than the thief.

常見錯誤

The thieves burglarized my laptop.
The thieves stole my laptop.
burglarize usually takes the place that was entered, not the item that was taken.
A man burglarized me last night.
A man robbed me last night.
rob can take a person as its object, but burglarize usually cannot.