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be a voyeur
带有负面批评含义。
He is a voyeur.
他是个偷窥者。
窥淫癖者；偷窥狂
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
窥淫癖者；偷窥狂
A person who gets sexual pleasure from watching others doing intimate or sexual things.
He is a voyeur.
他是个偷窥者。
从观察他人亲密或性行为中获得性快感的人；窥淫癖者。
A person who derives sexual pleasure from observing other people engaging in some intimate or sexual activity; one who engages in voyeurism.
喜欢观看他人性行为或性器官的人
a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others
对耸人听闻或卑劣题材过度关注的人。
An obsessive observer of sensational or sordid subjects.
The police arrested the voyeur who had been filming people through their bedroom window.
警方逮捕了那个透过卧室窗户拍摄他人的偷窥者。
She felt uncomfortable when she realized her neighbor was a voyeur.
当她意识到邻居是个偷窥者时，她感到很不自在。
Some people are voyeurs by nature, always watching the private moments of others.
有些人天生就是偷窥者，总爱看别人的私密时刻。
带有负面批评含义。
He is a voyeur.
他是个偷窥者。
后接被偷看的内容。
He is a voyeur of others' private moments.
他是他人私密时刻的偷窥者。
Not this
He voyeurs the neighbors every night.
Use this
He is a voyeur who watches the neighbors every night.
将名词 'voyeur' 误用作动词。正确用法是作为可数名词，前面加冠词或用复数形式。
Not this
He has a voyeur habit of spying on people.
Use this
He has a voyeuristic habit of spying on people.
将名词 'voyeur' 误用作形容词。正确形式是派生形容词 'voyeuristic'。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
仅仅是个看客；纯粹的旁观者
The gossip columnist is a mere voyeur, not a real journalist.
那个八卦专栏作家不过是个看客，不是真正的记者。
窥淫癖者；偷窥狂
The police identified the man as a sexual voyeur who filmed women through their windows.
警方确认该男子是一名窥淫癖者，他透过窗户偷拍女性。
人人皆看客的民族；全民窥探
These reality shows have turned the whole country into a nation of voyeurs.
这些真人秀已然让整个国家变成了一个人人皆看客的国度。
沙发看客；袖手旁观的偷窥者
He's an armchair voyeur, happy to watch other people's misfortunes on TV but never helping.
他是个沙发看客，只愿意在电视上旁观别人的不幸，却从不帮忙。
充当偷窥者；扮作看客
The photographer was accused of playing the voyeur instead of helping the injured man.
这位摄影师被指责充当看客，而不是去帮助那名受伤男子。
暴力场面的窥探者；对暴力题材猎奇的人
Some critics see the filmmaker as a voyeur of violence who exploits tragedy for entertainment.
一些评论家认为这名电影人是暴力场面的窥探者，利用悲剧牟取娱乐效果。
Use voyeur naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记 voyeur：字母 V 像望远镜，躲在暗处观察他人私密——偷窥者。
语域：formal 常见场景：clinical psychology、media criticism、literary analysis voyeur 一词多用于正式或书面语境，如心理学讨论、新闻报道和文学评论中，带有一定的专业或修辞色彩；日常口语中较少使用，更口语化的说法有 peeping Tom 等。
发音说明：voyeur 的重读尾音为 /jʊr/，与 your、cure、pure、sure、tour、lure 的元音和后面的辅音相同，构成韵脚。注意：amateur、connoisseur、poseur 等以 -eur 结尾的词通常读作 /ər/ 或 /ɜːr/，并不与 /jʊr/ 押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.