| 词汇 | embezzled |
| 释义 | embezzled past simple and past participle ofembezzle embezzle verb[ I or T ] uk /ɪmˈbez.əl/ us /ɪmˈbez.əl/ to secretly take money that is in your care or that belongs to an organization or business you work for: 贪污，侵吞;盗用，挪用（钱款） embezzle something from somethingShe embezzled thousands of dollars from the charity.她侵吞了慈善机构数千美元的善款。 Synonym misappropriateformal to steal something stealI caught him trying to steal my bike. takeSomeone took their car from outside the house. shopliftHe was caught shoplifting by a security guard. robHe robbed a bank. burgleUKWhen she got home from work, she discovered that her house had been burgled. pilferEmployees pilfering paper, pens, etc. can cost employers a lot. Fraud & corruption anti-bribery anti-corruption anti-counterfeiting anti-fraud Augean bribe defalcation defraud defraud someone/something of something dolus embezzle imposture insider dealing launder malfeasance malpractice match-fixing nobble pyramid scheme siphon Related wordsembezzlement embezzler Examples of embezzledembezzled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In addition, domestic weavers embezzled some of the yarn lent by their clothiers in order to sell it on the black market. Jones is responsible on this view for her employer's funds being embezzled, because she could have prevented it. Moreover, support for wine amounts to an irresponsible waste of taxpayers' money, which not infrequently is actually embezzled. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It appears that a sum between £50 and £100 may have been embezzled by falsification of records and forgery of payment vouchers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Balance sheets are being falsified, funds embezzled, and false information deftly fed to the public. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It appears that the typical thing is for the earnings of these commandeered labourers to be embezzled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He quoted the case of a solicitor who embezzled £1,500 which had been entrusted to him by someone who wanted to clear his name. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 An instance was related to me of the agent of a firm who had embezzled money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is the case of the man who slips into crime of another kind, such as the defaulting solicitor, or the bank manager who has embezzled his bank's funds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The unfortunate shareholders are not only to suffer the loss of their money through embezzlement, but are also to be deprived of their licence because their secretary has embezzled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us say that some foolish person had put into the hands of a solicitor who turned out to be fraudulent the sum of £1 million and the sum was embezzled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A couple of days later, stories began to emerge that millions of dollars had been embezzled by government officials colluding to defraud the state. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She fights him off, and in the process finds the money that he has embezzled from her family for the duration of his employment. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Casey later denied knowing how the embezzled $250,000 had been used. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The company assets were found to be embezzled soon afterward. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
| 随便看 |
反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。