Thief-taker
n. 【英国历史】捉小偷者, 捉拿强盗者
🧩 词语组成解析
thief
[θif]
n. 小偷，盗贼;<口>（使蜡外流的）蜡烛心结的烛花;
taker
[['teikə]]
n. 取者, 捕者, 接受者, 收取者\\n[法] 受者, 收票人, 接受打赌的人
🗣️ 情景例句
but in the end the voters will have to decide.
但最后却要由选民来决定。
Ill news travels fast.
坏事传千里。
The question became one of whether Man could control the disease he had invented.
现在的问题是，人类能否控制住这种人为的疾病。