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

• 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。
• Go to a caf é frequented by artists and eavesdrop on their conversation.
  多和那些有创造性的人在一起。多和艺术家一起去咖啡馆，听听他们的谈话。
• 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。
• 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。
• Used to be if spies wanted to eavesdrop, they planted a bug.
  在以前，间碟想要窃听的话都需要植入一个窃听器。
• The drones are also equipped to eavesdrop on electronic transmissions, enabling the US to monitor the Pakistani response.
  无人机上还设有电子传送窃听装备，这使美军能监听到巴方的回应。
• Again Miss Lin rolled over on the bed, and raised tier head She would eavesdrop on this conversation. Whom could Ma be talking to, that voices had to be kept so low?
  林小姐在床上又翻一个身，翘起了头，打算偷听妈和谁谈话，是那样悄悄地放低了声音。
• I also like to eavesdrop on conversations held by loud people when I'm in public places.
  在公共场合我也喜欢偷听那些大声谈话的人的交谈。
• 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。
• Sweden's Parliament by a narrow margin on Wednesday approved a controversial law that allows authorities to eavesdrop on all email and telephone traffic that enters the country.
  瑞典议会本周三以微弱优势通过了一项颇具争议的法案，该法案允许官方截查和窃听所有跨国电子邮件及电话。