spied
past simple and past participle ofspy
| 单词 | spied |
| 释义 | spied past simple and past participle ofspy spy verb uk/spaɪ/us/spaɪ/spyverb(FIND SECRETS)C1[I] tosecretlycollectandreportinformationabout theactivitiesof anothercountryororganization: He wasarrestedfor spyingonmissilesites. spy outinformal to getknowledgesecretly,especiallyof aplace: Igenerallylike to spy outrestaurantsbefore I go toeatin them. International relations: spying and espionage
spyverb(SEE)[T]old-fashionedorhumorous toseeornoticesomeone or something usually when itinvolveslookinghard: IthinkI've just spied Andrew in thecrowd. Using the eyes
Idiomspy out the land Phrasal verbspy onsomeone/something Examplesofspiedspied In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Negative comments about the father qua ex-spouse focused on lack of trust, feeling harassed, andspiedupon. From theCambridge English Corpus Given the macroeconomic focus of this paper, we capture this asymmetric exposure to spying by assuming that only vertical innovation can bespied. From theCambridge English Corpus Outside on the road, he againspiedthe castrato going about his chores. From theCambridge English Corpus In the main part of this paper, we will translate these considerations into the drastic assumption that horizontal innovations cannot bespiedat all. From theCambridge English Corpus Excavations were conducted in order to verify speculative ideas, findings were interpreted falsely or kept secret, and prehistorians were denounced or evenspiedupon. From theCambridge English Corpus Significantly as well, foreign borrowings- easilyspiedin katakana-are often terms representing new fashions and new ideas from abroad. From theCambridge English Corpus Nor, of course, were communists unaware that they were beingspiedupon, or that both private and official correspondence was routinely inspected by the authorities : nothing ever came first delivery! From theCambridge English Corpus Wells wrote that they thenspiedan enormous skull of a whale, partially embedded in the shingle and far away from the water's edge. From theCambridge English Corpus Before moving along that backbone into the library, the vast expanse of its interior is first introduced,spiedthrough a porthole cut in the wooden panelling. From theCambridge English Corpus Inspired by recent evidence and by the patent law, we assume that only vertical innovations can bespied, because they are less easily patented than horizontal innovations. From theCambridge English Corpus I was not aware of beingspiedon. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English For some time she found that she was actually beingspiedupon in the street. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Sometimes they have gained access to a house opposite that in which the woman is living and havespiedupon her from there. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not true to say that they complained of beingspiedupon, and that they were unwilling to accept this responsibility. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The subject is specific, in that it is clear that certain citizens are beingspiedupon, something which we did not know about before. 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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