spy

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

He was jailed for five years as an alleged spy. 他被指控爲(wèi)間諜而被監(jiān)禁了5年。

2. ADJ A spy satellite or spy plane obtains secret information about another country by taking photographs from the sky. 承擔(dān)間諜任務(wù)的 (衛(wèi)星、飛機(jī))[ADJ n]

...pictures from unmanned spy planes operated by the U.S. military. …美國(guó)軍方操控的無(wú)人間諜飛機(jī)拍攝到的圖片。

3. V-I Someone who spies for a country or organization tries to find out secret information about another country or organization. (爲(wèi)某國(guó)、某組織) 從事間諜活動(dòng)

The agent spied for East Germany for more than twenty years. 該特工爲(wèi)東德從事了二十多年的間諜活動(dòng)。

East and West are still spying on one another. 東方和西方仍在相互暗中監(jiān)眡著。

4. spyingN-UNCOUNT 從事間諜活動(dòng)

...a ten-year sentence for spying. …因從事間諜活動(dòng)被判的10年監(jiān)禁。

5. V-I If you spy on someone, you watch them secretly. 秘密監(jiān)眡

That day he spied on her while pretending to work on the shrubs. 那天他假裝脩剪灌木，卻秘密地監(jiān)眡著她。