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

• 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？
• She stopped to eavesdrop her husband ´ s phone talk.
  她停下她正在做的事情去偷听她丈夫的电话。
• Didn't anyone ever tell you it was rude to eavesdrop?
  没有人告诉过你偷听是很不礼貌的吗？
• 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。
• To listen to a conversation between others; eavesdrop.
  偷听听别人的谈话；偷听。
• He ensconced himself in the closet in order to eavesdrop.
  他藏在壁橱里，以便偷听。
• 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。
• This suggests Skype would need to build a back door to allow intelligence services to track who is talking to whom and, provided they have a warrant, to eavesdrop on the content of those conversations.
  这意味着，Skype将需要建立一个后门，使情报机构得以追踪交谈的双方是谁，并且在已取得搜查证的情况下，还可以窃听谈话的内容。
• Tom: lisa? We're not trying to eavesdrop, but we can hear you whispering.
  汤姆：丽莎？我们不想偷听，但是我们听到你们在窃窃私语。
• The government illegally eavesdropped on his telephone conversations
  政府非法窃听了他的电话。