smuggle

smuggle

英 ['smʌg(ə)l]
　　美 ['smʌgl]

vt. 走私；偷運
　　vi. 走私，私運；偷帶

v.(動詞)smuggle的基本意思是“非法運送”,指為逃避關稅而觸犯法律,把貨物偷偷“帶入或帶出”某區域。也可指一般地把某人〔物〕偷偷帶進或帶出某地。smuggle是及物動詞,接名詞、代詞作賓語。可用於被動結構。smuggle in表示“非法帶進”; smuggle out表示“非法帶出”。

中文詞源：

smuggle 走私，偷運

來自荷蘭語 smokkelen,走私，偷運，來自 smuken,秘密行動，來自 Proto-Germanic*smeugana, 滑進，溜進，來自 PIE*smeug,滑動，詞源同 smock,smug.

例句：

1. Police have foiled an attempt to smuggle a bomb into Belfast airport.
警方挫敗瞭一場企圖將炸彈偷偷帶入貝爾法斯特機場的陰謀。

2. Friends managed to smuggle him secretly out of the country.
朋友們想方設法將他秘密送出國瞭.

3. Had it really been impossible to find someone who could smuggle out a letter?
真的找不到一個能把信偷偷地帶出去的人嗎？

4. We are occasionally able to smuggle a razor blade into a prisoner's cell.
我們有時會把一片剃須刀片偷偷地送到牢房裡去.

5. At night I would smuggle him into my bed - place, and we would whisper together.
每到夜晚我便偷偷把他帶入臥鋪.我們兩人在房內輕聲交談.