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overhear verb overhear ♦︎ monitor ♦︎ eavesdrop ♦︎ tap ♦︎ bug ♦︎ listen inThese words all mean to listen to a conversation in which you are not involved. 这些词均表示偷听、监听、窃听。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■ overhear /ˌəʊvəˈhɪə(r); NAmE ˌoʊvərˈhɪr/ (overheard, overheard) [transitive] to hear, especially by accident, a conversation in which you are not involved 偶然听到；无意中听到◆We talked quietly so as not to be overheard.我们低声交谈，以免别人听到。◆We overheard them arguing.我们碰巧听到他们吵嘴。◆I overheard him say he was going to France.我偶然听见他说他要去法国。■ monitor /ˈmɒnɪtə(r); NAmE ˈmɑːnɪtər/ [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 （尤指官方组织为收集情报）监听（电话或外国无线电广播），监控（电子邮件）◆The company routinely monitors all its employees' emails.这家公司例行监控所有员工的电子邮件。◆During the war his job was to monitor enemy radio broadcasts.他的战时工作是监听敌方的无线电广播。■ eavesdrop /ˈiːvzdrɒp; NAmE ˈiːvzdrɑːp/ (-pp-) [intransitive] to listen secretly to what other people are saying; to listen secretly to electronic communications in order to collect information 偷听（其他人谈话）；（为收集情报）窃听（电子通讯）◆We caught him eavesdropping outside the window.我们撞见他在窗外偷听。◆Hackers eavesdrop on phone networks to steal data (= in a newspaper headline).黑客窃听电话网络盗取资料。■ tap (-pp-) [transitive] to fit a device to a telephone or telephone line so that sb's calls can be listened to secretly 在（电话上）安装窃听器，搭线窃听◆He was convinced his phone was being tapped.他确信自己的电话在被人窃听。■ bug (-gg-) [transitive] to put a special electronic listening device (= a bug) somewhere in order to listen secretly to sb's private conversations 装窃听器窃听◆They bugged her hotel room.他们在她的旅馆房间里装了窃听器。■ ˌlisten ˈin phrasal verb to listen to a conversation that you are not supposed to hear, especially by means of electronics （尤指利用电子器件）窃听，偷听，监听◆You shouldn't listen in on other people's conversations.你不应该偷听别人的谈话。◆They did not know that the police were secretly listening in.他们不知道警方在秘密监听。 |