1·The thief entered by the window.; the thief came in through the window.
小偷是从窗户进来的。
—— 《新英汉大辞典》
2·They always take habitual tactics of standing facts on their heads and of a thief crying "stop thief".
他们经常使用颠倒是非、贼喊捉贼的伎俩。
—— 《新英汉大辞典》
3·To set a thief to catch a thief, that is what we call “to counteract one toxin with another”.
叫小偷去抓小偷, 这就叫 “以毒攻毒”。
—— 《新英汉大辞典》
4·This is because of the following three reasons: Firstly, the thief only stole things from me but did not hurt me at all; secondly, the thief has stolen some of my things instead of all my things; thirdly, most luckily for me, it was the man rather than me who became a thief.
这是因为以下三个原因:第一,小偷只偷我的东西,而没有伤害我;其次,小偷偷走了我的一些东西,而不是我所有的东西;第三,对我来说最幸运的是,成为小偷的是那个人,不是我。
5·Instead of taking that one vase, the thief could take two radios. And get more value. So the greedy thief, in some sense, gets the wrong answer. But maybe isn't so dumb.
这个贼可以带走两个收音机,这样总价值更大,因此这个贪婪的贼,在某种意义上没有得到正确的答案,但是可能它也不笨。
6·We'll start with the greedy thief. Well, the greedy thief follows the greedy algorithm.
我们从贪婪的贼开始,这个贪婪的贼按贪婪算法行动。
7·Together with a note which said: 'a thief, yes, but only 50 per cent a thief!'
而且还附着一张纸条,上面写着:“一个小偷,是的,但只是一个50%的小偷!”
8·It had been wrapped up in newspaper and it contained half the money he had lost, together with a note which said: 'a thief, yes, but only 50 per cent a thief!'
钱包是用报纸包着的,里面有他丢失的钱的一半,而且还附着一张纸条,上面写着:“一个小偷,是的,但只是一个50%的小偷!”
9·That celestial chance, that intervention of the angels, was a pellet of bread tossed by one thief to another thief, from the Charlemagne Courtyard to the Lion's Ditch, over the roofs of La Force.
所谓上苍垂念,所谓天使关怀,只不过是一个匪徒从查理大帝院经过拉弗尔斯监狱的房顶抛向狮子沟里另一匪徒的一个面包团罢了。
10·NEW Delhi - NEW Delhi, India - They say it takes a thief to catch a thief, but India's Delhi Metro has hired a monkey to frighten off other monkeys from boarding trains and upsetting passengers.
常言道,“以其人之道还制其人之身”,印度新德里地铁公司就雇佣来一只猴子吓唬其它登上地铁骚扰乘客的猴子。