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。
• 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？
• When a server and client communicate, TLS ensures that no third party may eavesdrop or tamper with any message.
  当服务器和客户机进行通信时，TLS确保第三方无法窃取或篡改任何消息。
• You should listen carefully whenever you eavesdrop.
  你偷听也得听仔细点。
• He ensconced himself in the closet in order to eavesdrop.
  他藏在壁橱里，以便偷听。
• 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。
• A network intruder could eavesdrop on packets being sent across a network or send fictitious messages.
  一个网络入侵者能够窃听到在网络上传输的数据包的信息，或者向其它计算机发送虚假信息。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。