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the Stasi + verb
指前东德国家安全机构时，通常加定冠词 the（the Stasi）。
The Stasi kept detailed records on ordinary citizens.
斯塔西保存了关于普通公民的详细记录。
斯塔西
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
斯塔西
the former East German state security service
The Stasi kept detailed records on ordinary citizens.
斯塔西保存了关于普通公民的详细记录。
专有名词，通常大写为 Stasi。
My grandfather still remembers being questioned by the Stasi in 1980s East Berlin.
我祖父仍记得20世纪80年代在东柏林被斯塔西审问的情景。
The archive contains thousands of files written by the Stasi during the Cold War.
档案馆里保存着冷战期间斯塔西撰写的数千份档案。
After reunification, many people discovered that the Stasi had watched their daily lives.
统一之后，许多人发现斯塔西曾监视他们的日常生活。
指前东德国家安全机构时，通常加定冠词 the（the Stasi）。
The Stasi kept detailed records on ordinary citizens.
斯塔西保存了关于普通公民的详细记录。
Stasi 可直接作定语修饰名词，如 Stasi agents、Stasi documents。
Many Stasi documents were destroyed in 1989.
许多斯塔西文件在1989年被销毁。
Not this
The stasi was the secret police of East Germany.
Use this
The Stasi was the secret police of East Germany.
Stasi 是专有名词，指前东德国家安全局，在英语中首字母必须大写。中文没有大小写区别，因此学习者常忘记大写，但英文里应写作 Stasi。
Not this
Stasi was responsible for surveillance in East Germany.
Use this
The Stasi was responsible for surveillance in East Germany.
Stasi 指特定机构，作主语时通常需要加定冠词 the，类似 the KGB。省略 the 会使句子显得不完整，所以应说 the Stasi。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
斯塔西档案
After German reunification, citizens were allowed to inspect their Stasi files.
德国统一后，公民获准查阅自己的斯塔西档案。
斯塔西线人
Thousands of Stasi informants reported on friends and coworkers.
数千名斯塔西线人曾举报朋友和同事。
斯塔西监狱
The former Stasi prison is now a museum.
前斯塔西监狱现在是博物馆。
斯塔西监视
Stasi surveillance was pervasive in everyday East German life.
斯塔西的监视在东德的日常生活中无处不在。
斯塔西时代
The museum displays everyday objects from the Stasi era.
博物馆展出了斯塔西时代的日常物品。
斯塔西总部
The former Stasi headquarters now hosts an archive and memorial.
前斯塔西总部现在设有档案馆和纪念馆。
Use Stasi naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆联想：stasi 发音近似“死盯你”，想象东德秘密警察死盯着你，记住“斯塔西”的含义。
语域：neutral 常见场景：historical writing、political news、documentary narration Stasi 是专有名词，指前民主德国国家安全机构，多用于历史叙述、政治评论和新闻报道等较正式或中性的语境，日常口语中较少出现。
给出的 stasi 读作 /ˈstæsiː/；前五个词（classy、sassy、glassy、brassy、grassy）都以重读 /æ/ + /si/ 结尾，听感上与 stasi 的结尾相近。注意 stasis 拼写很像 stasi，但读音为 /ˈsteɪsɪs/，不要混淆。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.