I'm afraid it is quite common that people steal things from their workplace.
恐怕人们在工作场所偷东西是相当普遍的。
高三英语课文 Unit 16 Social and Personal

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

people ['pipl] 词频1 词根: 公众
n. 人,人类;居民;人民;种族; vt. 居住于,布满;使住满人,在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义:populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks 反义:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
afraid [ə'fred] 词频1
adj. 害怕的;担心的;恐怕;畏惧,害怕;
💡 词根af-向,词缀raid打、袭击,“担心挨打
"It's all over. There's nothing to be afraid of now."
一切都结束了。现在没有什么可怕的了。
近义:apprehensive, intimidated, nervous, awed, awestricken, awestruck 反义:intrepid, mettlesome, nervy, audacious, plucky, rash
quite [kwaɪt] 词频1
adv. 相当,很;非常;确实如此;
💡 教室非常(quite)安静(quiet)
"The scheme seems on the surface to be quite practical."
这个方案表面上看来似乎很实际.
近义:long, mighty, moderately, much, perfectly, pretty 反义:incompletely, approximately, insufficiently, miserably, nearly, poorly
common ['kɑmən] 词频1 词根: 公共
adj. 普通的;通俗的;[数学]公共的;共有的; n. [法律](对土地、水域的)共有权;公共用地;普通;平民;
💡 共同(com)在月光(mon-moon)下, 共有的
"We have lots of things in common besides music."
除了音乐,我们还有很多共通点。
近义:popular, mundane, ordinary, average, plain, commonplace 反义:irreplaceable, matchless, outstanding, peculiar, single, sole
steal [stil] 词频1
vt. 偷;悄悄地做,悄悄地走;潜行;不正当的获得; vi. 偷;偷偷地行动:秘密、不显明地行动、发生或消失;[棒球]偷垒; n. 偷窃;便宜货;便宜货;
💡 是敌啊(谐音): 偷东西的人是敌人啊 网友:马 胜 敏 补充:1:街上(st)有只鹅(e)在捉一(a)个高个子(l)的小偷鹅看家的本事不比狗差啊
"It's immoral to steal."
偷盗是不道德的。
近义:pilfer, pinch, poach, purloin, rob, snatch 反义:redeliver, redintegrate, refund, reimburse, reinstate, reintegrate

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