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单词 spy
释义
spy
noun[C]
uk
/spaɪ/us
/spaɪ/
B1
apersonwhosecretlycollectsandreportsinformationabout theactivitiesof anothercountryororganization
间谍，密探
Synonym
spook(PERSON)US
Examples
  • Hisformercolleagueshavedenouncedhim as a spy.
  • Theorganizationhad beenpenetratedby a spy.
  • In thefilm, heplaysa spy whosemissionis toconfirmtheverityof asecretmilitarydocument.
  • The British spy, Kim Philby,defectedto theSovietUnionin 1963.
  • a spynetwork
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
International relations: spying and espionage
  • agent
  • agent provocateur
  • anti-bug
  • counter-espionage
  • insider
  • intel
  • intelligence
  • MI5
  • MI6
  • operative
  • scout
  • shadow
  • sleuthing
  • snoop
  • spook
  • spy onsomeone/something
  • superspy
  • tail
  • tap
  • the CIA
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spy
verb
uk
/spaɪ/us
/spaɪ/

spyverb(FIND SECRETS)

C1[I]
tosecretlycollectandreportinformationabout theactivitiesof anothercountryororganization:
搜集情报；从事间谍活动
He wasarrestedfor spyingonmissilesites.他因搜集有关导弹基地的情报而被捕。
spy outinformal
to getknowledgesecretly,especiallyof aplace:
摸清（尤指场所）的情况，查明
Igenerallylike to spy outrestaurantsbefore I go toeatin them.我一般喜欢在去某家餐馆吃饭之前，先了解一下那里的情况。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
International relations: spying and espionage
  • agent
  • agent provocateur
  • anti-bug
  • counter-espionage
  • insider
  • intel
  • intelligence
  • MI5
  • MI6
  • operative
  • scout
  • shadow
  • sleuthing
  • snoop
  • spook
  • spy onsomeone/something
  • superspy
  • tail
  • tap
  • the CIA
See more results »

spyverb(SEE)

[T]old-fashionedorhumorous
toseeornoticesomeone or something usually when itinvolveslookinghard:
（通常指一番搜寻后）看见，注意到
IthinkI've just spied Andrew in thecrowd.我想我刚才在人群中看到了安德鲁。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Using the eyes
  • accommodate
  • accommodation
  • all eyes are onsomeone/somethingidiom
  • astigmatic
  • beholder
  • butcher
  • corner
  • gaze
  • glare
  • glass
  • lookout
  • perceive
  • saw
  • scope
  • seesomethingwithyourown eyesidiom
  • seeing is believingidiom
  • shoot a glance atsomeoneidiom
  • spot
  • stand oversomeone
  • tab
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Idiom

spy out the land

Phrasal verb

spy onsomeone/something
(Definition ofspyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

spy| American Dictionary

spy
noun[C]
us
/spɑɪ/
(slangspook)

spynoun[C](PERSON)

apersonemployedby acountryororganizationtosecretlygatherandreportinformationabout anothercountryororganization
spy
verb
us
/spɑɪ/

spyverb(SEE)

[T]
toseeornoticesomeone or something:
Hekeptontheirtrailuntil he spiedfirelightfrom acampnestledin therocks.

spyverb(GATHER INFORMATION)

[I]
tosecretlygatherandreportinformationabout anothercountryororganization:
Bazoftconfessedontelevisionthat he spied for Israel.
(Definition ofspyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofspy

spy
Part of the presented problem is to reach the border of the target's view field for spying purposes.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These are the obvious targets for an ambitiousspy.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The purpose of thespypoint/2 call will be explained shortly.
From theCambridge English Corpus
With loyalties tied to her father over her husband, this royal wife was bothspyand military agent.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Despite the efforts of spies and informers, no other substantial gentry could be certainly implicated.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I have proof enough to assure myself of the atrocities which this gang of spies and informers have committed.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This feat can only have been achieved through ' illegals ' - spies living under assumed identities, without diplomatic protection - here or abroad.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Negative comments about the father qua ex-spouse focused on lack of trust, feeling harassed, and spied upon.
From theCambridge English Corpus
His watchful eye spies the kernel of the poem.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Thespymust remember, remember himself and his remembering.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Can we learn tospyon the naked beauty surreptitiously?
From theCambridge English Corpus
Thespymust be ready to "move", must be aware of his entrances and exits.
From theCambridge English Corpus
If accused, he can claim to have been duped by aspyeven more cunning than himself.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There is an important difference between spies and the people studied by anthropologists.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There is no crime in detecting and destroying in war-time, thespyand the informer.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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