The police believe he is the thief, but all the evidence suggests otherwise.

警察认为他是小偷，但所有证据都与之相悖。

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Imagine that a police officer is chasing a thief.

想象一下，一个警察正在追捕一个小偷。

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The police pounced upon the thief.

警察向小偷扑了过去。

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We're exhausting all possibilities. And then choosing the winner. Well, that's what the slow thief tried. Unfortunately it took so long that before he finished the owner returned home, called the police and the thief ended up in jail.

我们穷举了所有可能方案,然后选择最优方案,这就是动作慢的贼的方案,不幸的是它在失主回家之前，要花上了太长的时间。

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The police said the alleged thief was a store employee.

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Museum spokeswoman Patricia Wessels told the AFP news agency that police were alerted during the night when the alarm went off but that the thief, or thieves, had left the premises by the time police arrived.

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Gwent Police are appealing for witnesses, saying the thief escaped with cash, part of the till, a handbag and two mobile phones.

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