eavesdrop

英 [ˈiːvzdrɒp]

美 [ˈiːvzdrɑːp]

v.  偷听，窃听(其他人谈话)
n.  檐水

现在分词：eavesdropping　第三人称单数：eavesdrops　过去分词：eavesdropped　过去式：eavesdropped　

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Collins.1 / BNC.19789 / COCA.14900

牛津词典

verb

• 偷听，窃听（其他人谈话）
  to listen secretly to what other people are saying
  1. We caught him eavesdropping outside the window.
     我们撞见他正在窗外偷听。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 偷听;窃听
  If youeavesdrop onsomeone, you listen secretly to what they are saying.
  1. The government illegally eavesdropped on his telephone conversations...
     政府非法窃听了他的电话。
  2. The housemaid eavesdropped from behind the kitchen door.
     女佣在厨房门后偷听。

英英释义

verb

• listen without the speaker's knowledge
  1. the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations
  Synonym:listen in

双语例句

• I could have sworn several people behind us were walking close enough to eavesdrop.
  我可以发誓有好几个人紧跟在我们后面，近得都能偷听到我们对话。
• Some journalists will always try to eavesdrop on the private conversations of the Royal family.
  有些记者总想设法偷听皇室成员的私下交谈。
• He ensconced himself in the closet in order to eavesdrop.
  他藏在壁橱里，以便偷听。
• The government illegally eavesdropped on his telephone conversations
  政府非法窃听了他的电话。
• She also lets us eavesdrop on other Indians commenting on China and on Chinese airing their views on India.
  她同时也让我们窃听到了印度人对中国的评价以及中国人对印度的言论。
• Superfish also contains a major security hole that hackers can potentially exploit to eavesdrop on a user's web-browsing behaviour.
  Superfish软件中还含有一个重大安全漏洞，黑客有可能利用该漏洞，监听用户的网络浏览行为。
• Now you can eavesdrop from a safe distance with the Orbitor Electronic Listening Device.
  现在你可以用这个电子装置在一个安全的距离。
• Walking slowly because you're afraid we'll eavesdrop, aren't you?
  走得慢吞吞的，怕我们听见，是不是？
• Power sockets can be used to eavesdrop on what people type on a computer.
  强大的程序接口可以窃听人们在电脑上的输入字符。
• Although the aim is to provide physicists with a new analysis tool, Arthur Endrich believes that it may also enable us to eavesdrop on the underlying sound of the universe.
  尽管这个（实验的）目的是为物理学家提供一个新的分析手段，但阿瑟恩德瑞奇相信它能够让我们偷听到宇宙的潜在的声音。