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单词 eavesdrop
释义
eavesdrop
verb[I]
uk
/ˈiːvz.drɒp/us
/ˈiːvz.drɑːp/
-pp-
tolistento someone'sprivateconversationwithout themknowing:
偷听
He was eavesdroppingonourconversation.他在偷听我们谈话。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to listen to someone or something
  • listenAre you listening to me? I'm talking to you.
  • hearAn audience gathered to hear him speak.
  • eavesdropHe was eavesdropping on our conversation.
  • listen in onI wish my brother would stop listening in on my phone calls.
  • hear someone outAt least hear me out before you make up your mind.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Using the ears
  • attend
  • auditory
  • aural
  • aurally
  • be all earsidiom
  • catch
  • cloth ears
  • conductive
  • ears are flappingidiom
  • eavesdropper
  • grommet
  • hark
  • hark atsomeone!idiom
  • lend an earidiom
  • listen
  • mishear
  • pin
  • prick
  • prick(something)up
  • sensorineural
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Related word

eavesdropper
(Definition ofeavesdropfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

eavesdrop| American Dictionary

eavesdrop
verb[I]
us
/ˈivzˌdrɑp/
-pp-
tolistensecretlyto someone’sprivateconversation
(Definition ofeavesdropfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofeavesdrop

eavesdrop
On stage, the other characterseavesdropshamelessly and voice their comments.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I began to seek out sources of comprehensible input, eavesdropping (harmlessly!) when alone on trains or in coffee shops.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Such monitoring can be performed through explicit queries, environmental observations or by eavesdropping on communication, which can reduce the increased communication usually associated with teams.
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It is like eavesdropping on a hushed conversation between brass players, and rather gives the lie to a devil-may-care attitude.
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Their ' ' birds ' ' have the capability to spot car number plates and individuals as well aseavesdropon millions of faxes, emails and telephone calls.
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Characters do not tell us how they feel, but we are instead privileged toeavesdropon their process of thought.
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As a listener, one almost appears to be eavesdropping.
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Hosts, agents and other entities are vulnerable to a number of attacks ranging from eavesdropping communications to stealing sensitive and private data and inflicting damage by design through viruses.
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This fact alone imbues the recording with that unique affect we sometimes find hidden in old photographs, the feeling that we are spying or eavesdropping on the dead.
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Detectives will he able, if the draft goes ahead, toeavesdropon doctors, psychiatrists, social workers and journalists.
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Hansard archive
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In 1351, in the famous statute which inaugurated the justice of the peace, it was made an offence toeavesdrop.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Included, too, would be one's picture, either from a passport photograph or from a casual camera; and one's eavesdropped conversations.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is possible toeavesdropon conversations and to investigate e-mails and other technologies at some considerable distance.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We know that in the past, sometimes legitimately, police officers have eavesdropped on cell conversations between prisoners.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There is no right whatsoever toeavesdroppointlessly for titillation.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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