spy

英 [spaɪ]

美 [spaɪ]

n.  间谍; 密探
v.  从事间谍活动; 搜集情报; 突然看见; 发现

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

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Collins.2 / BNC.6072 / COCA.4846

短语用例

spy on sb/sth

• 暗中监视，窥探（某人或事物）
  to watch sb/sth secretly
  1. He was denounced as a foreign spy.
     有人告发他是外国间谍。
  2. a police spy
     警方密探
  3. a spy plane/satellite (= used to watch the activities of the enemy)
     间谍飞机 / 卫星
  4. Video spy cameras are being used in public places.
     隐蔽的摄像机在监视着公共场所。

spy sth↔out

• 查明，了解清楚（某事）
  to get information about sth
  1. He spied for his government for more than ten years.
     他做过十多年的政府间谍。

习惯用语

v.

spy out the land
• （事先）摸清情况，窥察虚实
  to collect information before deciding what to do

牛津词典

noun

• 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
  1. He was denounced as a foreign spy.
     有人告发他是外国间谍。
  2. a police spy
     警方密探
  3. a spy plane/satellite (= used to watch the activities of the enemy)
     间谍飞机 / 卫星
  4. Video spy cameras are being used in public places.
     隐蔽的摄像机在监视着公共场所。

verb

• 从事间谍活动；搜集情报
  to collect secret information about another country, organization or person
  1. He spied for his government for more than ten years.
     他做过十多年的政府间谍。
• 突然看见；发现
  to suddenly see or notice sb/sth
  1. 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。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 间谍
  Aspyis a person whose job is to find out secret information about another country or organization.
  1. 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. The spy ring passed secrets to the enemy.
     该间谍团伙向敌方传送秘密情报。
• (卫星、飞机)执行间谍任务的
  Aspysatellite orspyplane obtains secret information about another country by taking photographs from the sky.
• VERB 从事间谍活动;充当间谍
  Someone whospies fora country or organization tries to find out secret information about another country or organization.
  1. 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。
  2. East and West are still spying on one another...
     东西方仍在互相进行间谍活动。
  3. 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。
• VERB 秘密监视
  If youspy onsomeone, you watch them secretly.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• VERB 看见;发现
  If youspysomeone or something, you notice them.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• (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
• a secret watcher
  1. my spies tell me that you had a good time last night

verb

• secretly collect sensitive or classified information
  1. spy for the Russians
• watch, observe, or inquire secretly
  Synonym:stagsnoopsleuth
• catch sight of
  Synonym:descryspotespy
• catch sight of
  1. he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge
  Synonym:sight

双语例句

• A spy used cunning means to find out secrets.
  间谍使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• They executed a spy.
  他们处死了一个间谍。
• The spy sent his message in code.
  这个间谍用密码发送情报。
• Woman's clothes and hair formed the spy's disguise.
  女人的衣服和头发成了这名间谍的伪装。
• The spy's disguise was soon penetrated.
  间谍的伪装不久便被识破了。
• The police had captured a foreign spy.
  警方抓获了一名外国间谍。
• 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。
• 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。
• Are you a Russian spy?
  你是不是个俄国间谍？
• The spy attempted to escape to a neighbouring country.
  那个间谍企图出逃到邻国去。