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●steal sb’s ˈthunderspoil sb’s attempt to surprise or impress, by doing sth first 抢先做（从而破坏他人本想制造的新奇感或震撼效果）；抢某人的功劳◆He had planned to tell everyone about his discovery at the September meeting, but his assistant stole his thunder by talking about it beforehand.
他原本计划在 9 月份的会议上向大家宣布他的发现，可是他的助手却抢先说了这件事。 ORIGIN In the eighteenth century, the writer John Dennis invented a machine that made the sound of thunder for use in his new play. The play was not a success, and was taken off and replaced by another play. When Dennis went to see the other play, he was angry to hear his thunder machine being used and complained that ‘…they will not let my play run, but they steal my thunder’. * 18 世纪，作家约翰 ∙ 丹尼斯发明了一种模拟雷声的机器，并将其用于自己的新戏中。那部戏没有成功，而被另一部戏替换下来。丹尼斯去看另一部戏时，发现别人用了自己的雷声机器，非常生气，于是就抱怨说：“…他们不演我的剧，却偷了我的雷声机器”。 |