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  • n.间谍;密探;暗中监视
  • v.当间谍;发现,注意到;察看,探查;突然看见,突然发现;仔细观察
  • adj.间谍的,间谍活动的

复数: spies 过去式: spied 现在分词: spying 过去分词: spied 第三人称单数: spies

spyspy

noun

【不规则形式】pl. -ies

间谍;密探
a person who tries to get secret information about another country, organization, or person, especially sb who is employed by a government or the police

He was denounced as a foreign spy.

有人告发他是外国间谍。

a police spy

警方密探

a spy plane/satellite (= used to watch the activities of the enemy)

间谍飞机 / 卫星

Video spy cameras are being used in public places.

隐蔽的摄像机在监视着公共场所。

verb

【不规则形式】spies spying spied spied
1

从事间谍活动;搜集情报
to collect secret information about another country, organization or person

He spied for his government for more than ten years.

他做过十多年的政府间谍。

2

突然看见;发现
to suddenly see or notice sb/sth

In the distance we spied the Pacific for the first time.

在远处,我们突然第一次看到了太平洋。

习语

to collect information before deciding what to do

3

暗中监视,窥探(某人或事物)
to watch sb/sth secretly

Have you been spying on me?

你是不是一直在暗中监视我?

4

查明,了解清楚(某事)
to get information about sth

spy

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT 间谍
    A spy is a person whose job is to find out secret information about another country or organization.

    He was jailed for five years as an alleged British spy...

    他被指控为英国间谍,入狱关押了 5 年。

  • 2
    ADJ (卫星、飞机)执行间谍任务的
    A spy satellite or spy plane obtains secret information about another country by taking photographs from the sky.

  • 3
    VERB 从事间谍活动;充当间谍
    Someone who spies for a country or organization tries to find out secret information about another country or organization.

    The agent spied for East Germany for more than twenty years...

    该特工人员为东德做了 20 多年的间谍。

  • ...a ten-year sentence for spying.

    因间谍罪判处的 10 年监禁

  • 5
    VERB 秘密监视
    If you spy on someone, you watch them secretly.

    That day he spied on her while pretending to work on the shrubs...

    那天,他假装在修剪灌木,秘密对她进行监视。

  • 6
    VERB 看见;发现
    If you spy someone or something, you notice them.

    He was walking down the street when he spied an old friend.

    他正沿街走着,突然看见了一位老朋友。

noun

1
(military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
Synonym: undercover agent
2
a secret watcher;someone who secretly watches other people
my spies tell me that you had a good time last night

verb

1
secretly collect sensitive or classified information;engage in espionage
spy for the Russians
2
watch, observe, or inquire secretly
Synonym: stag snoop sleuth
3
catch sight of
Synonym: descry spot espy
4
catch sight of;to perceive with the eyes
he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge
Synonym: sight

数据来源:WordNet

  1. His work as a civil servant was a cover for his activities as a spy .

    他以公务员的工作作为搞间谍活动的掩护。

  2. He was denounced as a foreign spy .

    有人告发他是外国间谍。

  3. Video spy cameras are being used in public places .

    隐蔽的摄像机在监视着公共场所。

  4. In the distance we spied the Pacific for the first time .

    在远处,我们突然第一次看到了太平洋。

  5. He spied for his government for more than ten years .

    他做过十多年的政府间谍。

  6. The spies were all granted immunity from prosecution .

    这些间谍都获得免予公诉。

  7. The headquarters had been infiltrated by enemy spies .

    总部混入了敌方特务。

  8. Have you been spying on me ?

    你是不是一直在暗中监视我?

  9. He had no scruples about spying on her .

    他肆无忌惮地暗中盯着她。

  10. They were denounced as spies .

    有人检举他们,说他们是间谍。

  11. East and West are still spying on one another

    东西方仍在互相进行间谍活动。

  12. I never agreed to spy against the United States .

    我从来没有答应去当间谍刺探美国的情报。

  13. The agent spied for East Germany for more than twenty years

    该特工人员为东德做了20多年的间谍。

  14. The spy returned to deliver a second batch of classified documents

    那名间谍返回来递送第二批机密文件。

  15. He was jailed for five years as an alleged British spy

    他被指控为英国间谍,入狱关押了5年。

  16. He also took exception to having been spied on

    他也讨厌被暗中监视。

  17. He was walking down the street when he spied an old friend .

    他正沿街走着,突然看见了一位老朋友。

  18. He had his wife spied on for evidence in a divorce case .

    他请人秘密监视自己的妻子,为离婚案搜集证据。

  19. The spy ring passed secrets to the enemy .

    该间谍团伙向敌方传送秘密情报。

  20. Japan had originally demanded the return of two seamen held on spying charges .

    日本起初要求放回两名以间谍罪名遭拘留的海员。

  21. They 're using villagers to keep an eye on each other , to spy on each other .

    他们利用村民互相监视,互相窥探。

  22. That day he spied on her while pretending to work on the shrubs

    那天,他假装在修剪灌木,秘密对她进行监视。

  23. He has issued a short , cryptic statement denying the spying charges

    他发表了一个简短隐晦的声明,否认对其间谍行为的指控。

  24. The young man looked embarrassed , as if he were a spy whose cover had been blown .

    那个年轻人看起来局促不安,就好像他是一个身份暴露的间谍一样。

  25. They were spied on via a two-way mirror .

    通过一面单向透明玻璃镜对他们进行暗中监视。

  26. The phrase is common diplomatic parlance for spying .

    这种说法是指代间谍行为的常用外交辞令。

  27. Once they had ascertained that he was not a spy , they agreed to release him

    一旦确认他并非间谍,他们即同意将他释放。

  28. They realized that the captured spy had gone mad .

    他们意识到那名被俘的间谍已经疯了。

  29. The spies have been tailing the underground worker .

    密探一直在跟踪那名地下工作者。

  30. The Russian spies were deported .

    俄罗斯间谍被驱逐出境。

  • 短语动词
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以下资源来自牛津词典

spy on sb/sth

暗中监视,窥探(某人或事物)
to watch sb/sth secretly

Have you been spying on me?

你是不是一直在暗中监视我?

spy sth↔out

查明,了解清楚(某事)
to get information about sth

v.

spy out the land

(事先)摸清情况,窥察虚实
to collect information before deciding what to do