snooping
present participle ofsnoop
| 单词 | snooping |
| 释义 | snooping present participle ofsnoop snoop verb[Iusually+ adv/prep] informaldisapprovinguk/snuːp/us/snuːp/tolookaround aplacesecretly, inordertodiscoverthings orfindoutinformationabout someone or something: People weresentout to snooponrivalbusinesses. She's thesortofpersonyou canimaginesnoopingaboutyourroomwhen you're not there. totrytofindout about other people'sprivatelives: I don'tmeanto snoop, but is there somethingwrong? Clara'shusbandis snoopingonher because hethinksshe isseeinganother man. International relations: spying and espionage
Examplesofsnoopingsnooping In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Nor should there be anysnoopingthrough medical records, or entry into areas of the workplace that genuine patients do not ordinarily observe. From theCambridge English Corpus But again, the effects of datasnoopingbecome more pronounced at longer horizon. From theCambridge English Corpus Of course, both implicit and explicit maximization of predictability are forms of datasnoopingor data mining and may bias classical statistical inferences. From theCambridge English Corpus Some of the more established tenants viewed gossip as a feature of social decline, sometimes singling out particular people assnoopingbusy-bodies, whose presence undermined the generally convivial atmosphere. From theCambridge English Corpus Generally speaking, people do not keep churns in their houses, so that anysnoopingabout churns probably would not be of a domestic character. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It does not involvesnoopingin any way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not a case ofsnoopingaround asking for thingssub rosa. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Apparently the result of thesnoopingis to be reported to higher levels. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I rather resent the use of the word "snooping" in this respect. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Such rules inevitably have the flavour ofsnooping. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 At that time the monopolies had staffs of people going round "snooping," although we did not use that word in those days. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Since her promotion, has she been employed onsnoopingduties, and if so how many convictions has she obtained? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not know what the word "snooping" is. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The privatisation of surveillance andsnoopingshould therefore have been approached with great sensitivity and care—but far from it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no question ofsnoopingabout that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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