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单词 snoop
释义
snoop
verb[Iusually+ adv/prep]
informaldisapproving
uk
/snuːp/us
/snuːp/
tolookaround aplacesecretly, inordertodiscoverthings orfindoutinformationabout someone or something:
窥探，打探
People weresentout to snooponrivalbusinesses.派出了人员去打探竞争对手的情况。
She's thesortofpersonyou canimaginesnoopingaboutyourroomwhen you're not there.她是那种会趁你不在而偷进你房间的人。
totrytofindout about other people'sprivatelives:
（对别人的私生活）窥探
I don'tmeanto snoop, but is there somethingwrong?我不是想打探你的私生活，不过是不是出了什么事？
Clara'shusbandis snoopingonher because hethinksshe isseeinganother man.克拉拉的丈夫正在打探她的私生活，因为他认为她在跟另外一个男人交往。
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snoop
noun
uk
/snuːp/us
/snuːp/
[S]UKinformal
theactof snooping:
窥探，打探
Ithinksomeone's beenhavinga snoop around myoffice- I didn'tleavethatdraweropen.我觉得有人偷偷溜进过我的办公室——我走时那个抽屉不是开着的。
[C]informaldisapproving
(alsosnooper)
someone who snoops:
窥探者，打探者
He's such a snoop - he's always going through mymail.他真是窥探成癖——总是偷看我的信件。
Mostjournalistsare snoopers bynature.大多数记者天生就爱打探他人隐私。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
International relations: spying and espionage
  • agent
  • agent provocateur
  • anti-bug
  • counter-espionage
  • insider
  • intel
  • intelligence
  • MI5
  • MI6
  • scout
  • shadow
  • sleuthing
  • spook
  • spy
  • spy onsomeone/something
  • superspy
  • tail
  • tap
  • the CIA
  • tradecraft
See more results »
(Definition ofsnoopfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

snoop| American Dictionary

snoop
verb[I]
infml
us
/snup/
tolookaround aplacesecretlyinordertodiscoverthings about it or thepeopleconnectedwith it:
You have nobusinesssnooping around myoffice.

snoop

noun[C]us
/snup/
(Definition ofsnoopfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsnoop

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Living in close proximity to each other, neighbours or residents will be snooped upon, discussed in great detail, and perhaps even ridiculed.
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They check the creditworthiness of applicants in a way which often amounts to snooping.
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They are not persons who go snooping about to see if there is something wrong.
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The cost therefore worked out at over £1 per person snooped.
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Since the last war, there has been a great growth of private snooping, information gathering and, much worse, information distributing.
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After all, that is what snooping is; just deciding off their own bat to sniff around to see whether they can find something wrong somewhere.
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Are we quite sure that the snooping element is not going to be used against this great trade union movement?
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Surely that is using powers to permit the possibility of snooping on a very large scale indeed.
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Is it not the case that such snooping is outside the guidelines, since information gathered on me clearly has nothing to do with national security?
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However, in the cases where there are difficulties the community charge registration officer will be accused of snooping and of making judgments.
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I also refer to snooping photographs, which are taken of people in their homes and without their consent.
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Let them have a little individual expression of opinion and do not go snooping around trying to make them think in your particular way.
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Subscribers are entitled to an assurance that "snooping" will not take place.
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The astounding thing is that some members of the council designated his action as snooping and suggested that he ought not to have done it.
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If they set up search-and-find units, they will be accused of creating further layers of bureaucracy and of snooping and policing people's private lives.
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