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overhear sb doing sth
I overheard them arguing about money.
我无意中听到他们在争论钱的事。
无意中听到；偷听
overhearing — present participle of overhear
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无意中听到；偷听
hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
I overheard them arguing about money.
我无意中听到他们在争论钱的事。
无意中听到；偷听到
To hear something that was not meant for one's ears.
overhear
Base
原形
overhears
3rd person
第三人称单数
overhearing
-ing
现在分词
overheard
Past
过去式
overheard
Past participle
过去分词
I often overhear conversations on the bus.
我经常在公交车上无意中听到对话。
She overheard their plan yesterday.
她昨天无意中听到了他们的计划。
He is overhearing something interesting right now.
他现在正在无意中听到一些有趣的事情。
不规则动词，过去式和过去分词均为overheard。
I accidentally overheard my colleagues discussing my promotion.
我无意中听到同事们讨论我的晋升。
She couldn't help overhearing the argument from the next room.
她忍不住听到了隔壁房间的争吵。
He often overhears private conversations while working at the café.
他在咖啡馆工作时常无意中听到私人谈话。
I overheard them arguing about money.
我无意中听到他们在争论钱的事。
She overheard a secret conversation.
她无意中听到了一场秘密谈话。
He overheard that the company was closing.
他无意中听到公司要倒闭了。
Not this
I overheard to their conversation.
Use this
I overheard their conversation.
overhear是及物动词，直接跟宾语，不需要介词'to'。学习者受'listen to'影响而误加介词，应去掉'to'。
Not this
Yesterday, I overheared the whole thing.
Use this
Yesterday, I overheard the whole thing.
overhear的过去式和过去分词是不规则形式overheard，不是规则变化加-ed。学习者常按规则动词误拼为overheared，应改为overheard。
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无意中听到一段对话
She accidentally overheard a conversation between her colleagues.
她无意中听到了同事之间的一段对话。
偷听到某人说
I overheard him saying that he would resign.
我无意中听到他说他要辞职。
无意中听到一句评论
He overheard a rude remark about his appearance.
他无意中听到一句关于他外表的粗鲁评论。
无意中听到一个秘密
The child overheard a family secret that was meant to be kept from him.
孩子无意中听到了一个本应瞒着他的家庭秘密。
我忍不住偷听到你在找新室友。
I overheard my neighbors arguing last night.
我昨晚无意中听到邻居在争吵。
我无意中听到你们的谈话，忍不住指出你错了。
She overheard the boss discussing layoffs.
她无意中听到老板在讨论裁员。
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想象你over（越过）一堵墙，无意中hear（听到）了隔壁的对话。
语域：neutral 常见场景：in public places、at social events overhear 通常用于描述无意中听到他人对话的场景，语气比较中性，口语和书面语中都常见。
通常用于无意中听到，后接名词或从句
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