spy on (someone/something)
collocation暗中监视(某人/某物)
She suspected her coworker was spying on her emails.
她怀疑同事在暗中监视她的电子邮件。
从事间谍活动;暗中侦察;秘密侦察
spies — third person singular of spy
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从事间谍活动;暗中侦察;秘密侦察
to secretly watch or examine a person, place, or organization in order to collect information, especially as a spy
I spied a familiar face in the crowd.
我在人群中瞥见了一张熟悉的面孔。
常与 on 连用,如 spy on someone
充当间谍
To act as a spy.
发现;瞥见;看到
To spot; to catch sight of; to espy.
仔细搜查;严密检查
To search narrowly; to scrutinize.
瞥见
catch sight of
spy
Base
原形
spies
3rd person
第三人称单数
spying
-ing
现在分词
spied
Past
过去式
spied
Past participle
过去分词
He spies on his neighbors.
他监视他的邻居。
They spied on the enemy.
他们监视敌人。
She is spying for the government.
她正在为政府从事间谍活动。
规则动词
She spies her friend across the busy street.
她在繁忙的街道对面瞥见了她的朋友。
They often spy eagles nesting on the cliffs.
他们经常在悬崖上瞥见老鹰筑巢。
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暗中监视(某人/某物)
She suspected her coworker was spying on her emails.
她怀疑同事在暗中监视她的电子邮件。
为(某国)充当间谍
He was convicted of spying for Russia.
他因替俄罗斯从事间谍活动而被判有罪。
暗中查明;摸清
They sent scouts to spy out the enemy's position.
他们派侦察兵去摸清敌人的阵地。
打探;窥探(私事)
Don't spy into other people's private affairs.
不要窥探他人的私事。
在人群中瞥见某人
I spied my old classmate in the crowd at the concert.
我在音乐会上的人群中瞥见了我的老同学。
事先摸清情况;暗中侦察
Before we rent the place, let's spy out the land for a few days.
在我们租下这个地方之前,先花几天摸清情况。
我用我的小眼睛看(儿童观察游戏用语)
I spy with my little eye something beginning with 'S'.
我用我的小眼睛看,发现一个以S开头的东西。
空中侦察者(常指间谍卫星)
The spy in the sky detected the missile launch within seconds.
空中侦察者几秒钟内就探测到了导弹发射。
我用我的小眼睛发现。
This phrase is from a children's game in which players try to guess an object that one player has spotted.
这句话出自一个儿童游戏,玩家要猜出其中一名玩家看到的物体。
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想象间谍 spy 弯着身子躲藏,眼睛偷偷扫视:s 像躲藏的身影,py 像偷看的目光,记住它既指‘侦察’也指‘瞥见’。
语域:neutral 常见场景:intelligence work、news reports、espionage investigations 作为动词表示从事间谍活动或暗中侦察时,多用于新闻、历史叙述等正式场合;日常口语中更常用 spy on 这个搭配,语气中性。
以上单词与 spy /spaɪ/ 押韵,重读元音及之后的部分都是 /aɪ/。注意不要被拼写相似的词误导:copy /ˈkɒpi/、happy /ˈhæpi/ 虽以 y 结尾,但 y 发 /i/,与 spy 不押韵。
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