misappropriate
misappropriate — 動詞
- misappropriatepresent simple I / you / we / they
- misappropriateshe / she / it
- misappropriatedpast simple
- misappropriating-ing form
1. to use money or property that was placed in your care for your own benefit in a
侵占；盜用
將受託管理的財物佔為己有
to use money or property that was placed in your care for your own benefit in a dishonest way
The charity treasurer Quan misappropriated NT$50,000 from the student group's account for personal use.
慈善團體的財務主管 Quan 從學生社團的帳戶中侵占五萬元，供個人使用。
misappropriate + sum + from + [fund] + for + [purpose]
Talia discovered that her manager had been misappropriating money meant for office lunches.
Talia 發現她的主管一直盜用原本要給辦公室午餐的經費。
passive progressive: had been misappropriating + money meant for [X]
An investigation found that the town's finance officer misappropriated public funds to pay for personal holidays.
調查發現，該鎮的財務官員侵占公共資金，用來支付個人度假的費用。
The bank employee was sent to prison after she misappropriated money from elderly customers' accounts.
這名銀行員工因盜用年長客戶帳戶內的款項，被判處有期徒刑。
passive: be sent to prison for + misappropriating + from + [group]
Construction firms were accused of misappropriating government grants meant to build new schools.
多家營造公司被指控侵占原本要興建新學校的政府補助款。
- misappropriate funds
- misappropriate money
- misappropriate property
- misappropriate public money
- misappropriate client funds
- misappropriate assets
- misappropriate resources
- misappropriate from an account
文法句型
misappropriate + something
misappropriate + something + from + someone/something
用法筆記
Frequently appears in legal and financial contexts. The object is usually money, funds, or property that someone has entrusted to the subject's care.