Mitchell: You know what? I just saw a shoplifter caught in a retail store. They turned him to the police.
Sophie: That should definitely teach him a lesson. Last week I read a nows report on The China Post about a female shoplifter caught in a Wal-Mart store. In lieu of a 60-days jail term, the perpetrator chose to stand outside the store with signs reading "I am a thief; I stole from Wal-Mart."
Mitchell: Whoa! Talk about giving someone a lesson!
Sophie: Retail stores definitely feel the need for more severe measures to stop shoplifters. An American study estimated that shoplifting costs the American public $33 billion per year!
解析: give someone a lesson==給某人一個教訓
shoplift
vi.vt.順手牽羊
shoplifter n.
definite
adj. 準確的；確切的, 界限明白的；明定的
definitely adv., definiteness n.
lieu
n. 場所；空位(用於片語in lieu of)
jail
n. 牢獄；監獄
perpetrate
vt. 做(壞事)；犯(罪)
perpetration n., perpetrator n.
thief
n. 賊；小偷
stole
n.長披肩
steal vt. 偷；竊
steal, stole, stolen
severe
adj. 嚴守規律的
estimate
vt. 評定；判斷
Sophie: That should definitely teach him a lesson. Last week I read a nows report on The China Post about a female shoplifter caught in a Wal-Mart store. In lieu of a 60-days jail term, the perpetrator chose to stand outside the store with signs reading "I am a thief; I stole from Wal-Mart."
Mitchell: Whoa! Talk about giving someone a lesson!
Sophie: Retail stores definitely feel the need for more severe measures to stop shoplifters. An American study estimated that shoplifting costs the American public $33 billion per year!
解析: give someone a lesson==給某人一個教訓
shoplift
vi.vt.順手牽羊shoplifter n.
definite
adj. 準確的；確切的, 界限明白的；明定的definitely adv., definiteness n.
lieu
n. 場所；空位(用於片語in lieu of)jail
n. 牢獄；監獄perpetrate
vt. 做(壞事)；犯(罪)perpetration n., perpetrator n.
thief
n. 賊；小偷stole
n.長披肩steal
vt. 偷；竊steal, stole, stolen
severe
adj. 嚴守規律的estimate
vt. 評定；判斷
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