overhear ♦︎ monitor ♦︎ eavesdrop ♦︎ tap ♦︎ bug ♦︎ listen inThese words all mean to listen to a conversation in which you are not involved.這些詞均表示偷聽、監聽、竊聽。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to eavesdrop / listen in on sth◆to overhear / monitor / eavesdrop on / bug / listen in to a conversation◆to monitor / eavesdrop on communications◆to tap / bug sb's telephone■overhearˌəʊvəˈhɪə(r); NAmEˌoʊvərˈhɪr(overheard, overheard) [transitive] to hear, especially by accident, a conversation in which you are not involved偶然聽到;無意中聽到◆We talked quietly so as not to be overheard.我們低聲交談,以免别人聽到。◆We overheard them arguing.我們碰巧聽到他們吵嘴。◆I overheard him say he was going to France.我偶然聽見他說他要去法國。■monitorˈmɒnɪtə(r); NAmEˈmɑːnɪtər [transitive](especially of an official organization) to listen to telephone calls or foreign radio broadcasts or read emails, etc. in order to collect information, usually over a long period(尤指官方組織爲收集情報)監聽(電話或外國無線電廣播),監控(電子郵件)◆The company routinely monitors all its employees' emails.這家公司例行監控所有員工的電子郵件。◆During the war his job was to monitor enemy radio broadcasts.他的戰時工作是監聽敵方的無線電廣播。■eavesdropˈiːvzdrɒp; NAmEˈiːvzdrɑːp(-pp-) [intransitive] to listen secretly to what other people are saying; to listen secretly to electronic communications in order to collect information偷聽(其他人談話);(爲收集情報)竊聽(電子通訊)◆We caught him eavesdropping outside the window.我們撞見他在窗外偷聽。◆Hackers eavesdrop on phone networks to steal data(= in a newspaper headline).黑客竊聽電話網絡盜取資料。■tap(-pp-) [transitive] to fit a device to a telephone or telephone line so that sb's calls can be listened to secretly在(電話上)安裝竊聽器,搭線竊聽◆He was convinced his phone was being tapped.他確信自己的電話在被人竊聽。■bug(-gg-) [transitive] to put a special electronic listening device(= a bug)somewhere in order to listen secretly to sb's private conversations裝竊聽器竊聽◆They bugged her hotel room.他們在她的旅館房間裏裝了竊聽器。■ˌlisten ˈin
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to listen to a conversation that you are not supposed to hear, especially by means of electronics(尤指利用電子器件)竊聽,偷聽,監聽◆You shouldn't listen in on other people's conversations.你不應該偷聽别人的談話。◆They did not know that the police were secretly listening in.他們不知道警方在秘密監聽。
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