spy

英 [spaɪ] 美 [spaɪ]

• n. 间谍；侦探；侦察
• v. 侦探；监视；看到；找出

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C] 间谍,特务,密探

   a person employed to find out secret information, especially from an enemy or a competitor in business

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 窥探

   act as a spy on; watch secretly

2. vt. & vi. 观察

   observe; see; discover

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 间谍，特务
2. 密探，侦探，探子
3. 侦察，暗探
4. 情报员
5. 暗中监视，暗中侦察
6. 密探行为

v. 动词

1. 窥察虚实，摸清情况，查明，了解清楚
2. 暗中侦察（监视）
3. 做密探间谍，当间谍，从事间谍活动
4. 察见，察觉，找出，看见，侦察出
5. 仔细察看，刺探
6. 搜集情报
7. 暗中查出（常与out连用）

英英释义

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

2. a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people;

   "my spies tell me that you had a good time last night"
   

Verb:

1. catch sight of

2. watch, observe, or inquire secretly

3. catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes;

   "he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge"
   

4. secretly collect sensitive or classified information; engage in espionage;

   "spy for the Russians"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The spy was expelled from the realm.
   这名间谍被驱逐出境。
2. This evidence reinforces my view that he is a spy.
   这个证据证实了我认为他是间谍的这一看法。
3. The scout was sent to spy out the land.
   侦探被派出去秘密侦察高地去了。
4. She hired a detective to spy on her husband.
   她雇了一个侦探来监视她丈夫。
5. They read the histories and talk about the weapons and spy tools.
   他们阅读历史记录，谈论武器和侦察工具。

用作动词 (v.)

1. The scout was sent to spy out the land.
   侦探被派出去秘密侦察高地去了。
2. It's wrong to spy into people's affairs.
   刺探他人的私事是错误的。
3. He is paid by the police to spy on other students.
   警察收买他去监视其他学生。
4. He sent out a party to spy the enemy.
   他派出一个小分队暗中监视敌人的行动。
5. How much did you pay the man to spy on me?
   你付那人多少钱来监视我?
6. I spy someone on the garden path .
   我看到花园小径上有个人。
7. The Cassini orbiter may be able to spy some of the hidden puppeteers.
   卡西尼太空船也许能够找出这些幕后的操纵者。
8. I do spy some marks of love in her.
   我真的从她脸上看出几分爱我的意思来了。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. We have a spy among us.
   我们中间有一个间谍。
2. It seemed that she was a spy because she knew what everyone was doing.
   她似乎是个密探,因为她知道每个人的举动。

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. They left at daylight in order to spy the way.
   他们在黎明出发,目的是侦察出一条路。
2. He was the first to spy the horseman in the distance.
   他最先看到出现在远处的骑者。

用作宾补动词

S+～+ n./pron. + v -ing

1. Our look-out spied a man hiding in some bushes.
   我们的哨兵察觉有人藏在树丛中。
2. We spied them coming through the gate.
   我们发现他们穿过这道门。

经典引文

• Miss Octavia, spying her through the blinds, came down..to meet her.

  出自： W. March

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

spy into (v.+prep.)

调查 look into
spy into sth
Tom began to spy into a complicated affair.

汤姆开始调查一件复杂的事件。
The old lady likes spying into other people's affairs.

这个老太太喜欢窥探他人的事情。

spy on (v.+prep.)

窥探; 监视 pry about; peep at
spy on sth
She often spies on her neighbours.

她经常窥探邻居。
He was paid by the police to spy on other students.

他受警察雇佣监视其他学生的行动。

spy out (v.+adv.)

察出 examine; look into
spy sb/sth ⇔ out
The detective spied out the suspected thief.

侦探察出了被怀疑的贼。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• spy the horseman 看到骑者
• spy the way 侦察出一条路

～+副词

• spy artfully 狡猾地窥探
• spy bravely 勇敢地窥探
• spy breathlessly 匆忙窥探
• spy briefly 短暂地窥探
• spy carefully 仔细地搜查
• spy cautiously 小心翼翼地观察
• spy challengingly 具有挑战性地窥探
• spy deliberately 故意窥探
• spy generally 一般性地窥探
• spy importunately 急切地窥探
• spy instinctively 本能地窥探
• spy involuntarily 不由自主地观察
• spy patiently 耐心地窥探
• spy purposely 有目的地窥探
• spy scrupulously 谨慎地窥探
• spy selectively 有选择地窥探
• spy sententiously 故作庄严地窥探
• spy slyly 偷偷摸摸地观察
• spy spontaneously 自然地窥探
• spy successively 连续窥探
• spy thoroughly 彻底地搜查窥探
• spy tirelessly 不知疲倦地窥探
• spy unkindly 非善意地窥探
• spy unscrupulously 肆无忌惮地观察
• spy out 察出

～+介词

• spy into 调查
• spy on 窥探,监视

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. spy作名词时意思是“间谍”,转化为动词意思是“窥探”,引申可指“观察”。
2. spy既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,可接名词、代词作宾语。有时也可接由现在分词充当补足语的复合宾语。用作不及物动词时,通常与介词或副词连用。

词源解说

• ☆ 13世纪中期进入英语，直接源自古法语的espiier，意为密切观察。

近反义词

【近义词】

• spot 地点
• snoop 窥探者
• detect 发觉
• sight 视力
• nose around 四处探听
• see 看见
• discern 辨别
• watch 注视
• observe 观察
• view 视野
• eavesdrop 偷听
• glimpse 一瞥
• discover 发现
• investigate 调查
• poke around 到处寻找(到处闲逛)...
• secret agent 特工人员
• double agent (为敌对双方服务的)双重...
• mole 痣
• infiltrator 渗透者
• plant 植物
• emissary 密使
• blink 眨眼
• traitor 叛徒
• witness 目击者
• sleuth <口>侦探
• stag 只准男子参加的...
• espy (从远处等)突然看到...
• descry 远远看到
• undercover agent 密探