| 词组 | heist |
| 释义 | heist Copperud 1980 pronounces heist only fit for casual use and says well-edited publications avoid it. Flesch 1983 flatly contradicts him, saying that it is frequent in well-edited publications. Flesch produces evidence that he is right. He notes that all dictionaries label it slang, and suggests that it is in widespread use because it lends color to writing. • The whole affair was neatly reckoned as "le fric-frac du siècle, " the heist of the century —Peter Andrews, N.Y. Times, 29 July 1979 • ... as suspenseful as any movie heist since Rififi — Arthur Knight, Saturday Rev., 6 Nov. 1971 • Missing the big jewel heist... was the low point for me —William Safire, N.Y. Times, 23 Sept. 1974 • ... a gang of international crooks who have heisted an American atomic scientist —Playboy, April 1966 • Enter Supercrook, determined to heist the heroin — Newgate Callendar, N. Y. Times Book Rev., 3 June 1979 |
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