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spy

/spahy/US // spaɪ //UK // (spaɪ) //

谍报,谍报人员,谍影重重,谍报员

Related Words

detective侦探,侦察员,侦查员,侦探者secret agent密探,特工,特务,秘密特工investigator调查员,调查人员,调查者,研究者agent代理人,代理商,代理,代理机构informer告密者,举报者,线人,举报人mole鼹鼠,痣,痦子,卧底operative行动,行动派,行动人员,行动主义examine审查,检查,研究,审视discover发现,发觉,发现的,探索snoop窥探,窥探者,窥视,窥视者scrutinize审视,审议,睃巡,端详lookout瞭望台,望风,瞭望,瞭望者sleuth侦探,侦查员,侦察员,侦探者plant工厂patrol巡逻,巡逻队,巡查,巡视observer观察者,观察员,观察家,观测者spook幽灵,惊吓,惊魂,诡异watcher观察者,观看者,观察家,看守者scout侦察员,侦查员,侦察兵,童子军picket纠察队,纠察,纠察官,纠察员

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural spies.

    • : a person employed by a government to obtain secret information or intelligence about another, usually hostile, country, especially with reference to military or naval affairs.
    • : a person who keeps close and secret watch on the actions and words of another or others.
    • : a person who seeks to obtain confidential information about the activities, plans, methods, etc., of an organization or person, especially one who is employed for this purpose by a competitor: an industrial spy.
    • : the act of spying.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    spied, spy·ing.

    • : to observe secretively or furtively with hostile intent.
    • : to act as a spy; engage in espionage.
    • : to be on the lookout; keep watch.
    • : to search for or examine something closely or carefully.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    spied, spy·ing.

    • : to catch sight of suddenly; espy; descry: to spy a rare bird overhead.
    • : to discover or find out by observation or scrutiny.
    • : to observe secretively or furtively with hostile intent.
    • : to inspect or examine or to search or look for closely or carefully.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounperson who secretly finds out about another's business
Forms: spied, spies, spying
Synonyms
agent代理人,代理商,代理,代理机构detective侦探,侦察员,侦查员,侦探者informer告密者,举报者,线人,举报人investigator调查员,调查人员,调查者,研究者mole鼹鼠,痣,痦子,卧底operative行动,行动派,行动人员,行动主义secret agent密探,特工,特务,秘密特工secret service特勤局,特工服务,特工局,特工部undercover agent卧底探员,卧底特工,卧底,卧底人员emissary使者,特使,代表,传令官lookout瞭望台,望风,瞭望,瞭望者observer观察者,观察员,观察家,观测者patrol巡逻,巡逻队,巡查,巡视picket纠察队,纠察,纠察官,纠察员plant工厂scout侦察员,侦查员,侦察兵,童子军sleeper睡眠者,睡觉的人,卧铺,卧底sleuth侦探,侦查员,侦察员,侦探者snoop窥探,窥探者,窥视,窥视者spook幽灵,惊吓,惊魂,诡异spotter观测员,观测者,观察者,察看者watcher观察者,观看者,观察家,看守者double agent双重间谍,双面间谍,双面人,双重身份espionage agent间谍人员,间谍特工,谍报人员,谍报员foreign agent外国代理人,外国代理,外籍代理人,外国特工inside agent内部代理,内部人员,内勤人员,内线代理intelligencer知识分子,知识份子,知情人,了解者
verbsecretly follow, watch another's actions
Forms: spied, spies, spying
Synonyms
discover发现,发觉,发现的,探索examine审查,检查,研究,审视scrutinize审视,审议,睃巡,端详snoop窥探,窥探者,窥视,窥视者case案例,案件,案子,案eyeball眼球,眼珠子,眼睛,眼珠glimpse瞥见,一瞥,瞥见的,瞥一眼meddle干涉,搀和,搀杂,搀扶notice通知,通知书,通知公告observe观察,遵守,观察一下,观测peep窥视,窥探,偷看,窥测pry窥探,撬开,撬动,刺探reconnoiter侦察员,侦查,侦察,侦查员scout侦察员,侦查员,侦察兵,童子军search搜索,搜寻,搜查,检索shadow阴影,影子,影,阴霾sleuth侦探,侦查员,侦察员,侦探者spot斑点,地点,斑斑点点,斑stag雄鹿,雄鸡,牡鹿,牡丹tail尾巴,尾部,尾声,尾随trail小路,小径,踪迹,小道view观点,查看,视图,景观watch观察,监视,钟表,观察一下catch sight of看见,看见了,看见的,看到fish out捞出,捞出来的,捞出来,掏出来的get a load of满载而归,满载,吃饱了撑的,吃饱喝足keep under surveillance监视,严密监视,监控,监视着look for寻觅,找寻,寻找,寻寻觅觅recon调解,重组,调和,侦察set eyes on注视着,看上了,凝视着,凝视stake out监视,盯梢,盯住,盯紧take in收纳,摄取,吸纳,摄入take note注意,请注意,注意事项,记下

Examples

  • She’s completely won Emily over by volunteering to act as her socialite spy.

  • Many have turned to VPNs, or virtual private networks, thinking that they can protect you from snoopers and spies.

  • However, recruiting and retaining the talent capable of building these tools is a challenge on many levels, especially since a spy agency can’t match Silicon Valley salaries, reputations, and patents.

  • Tenet, a time-travel spy thriller starring John David Washington and Robert Pattinson, was originally slated as a summerlong “tentpole” release, expected to be among the highest-grossing movies of the year.

  • Normally, silence and secrecy are inherent in the spy business.

  • It is a spy series at its core, but you guys never really pull from the headlines.

  • The highly anticipated sixth season of the hilarious spy-spoof will premiere on FX at 10 pm EST on January 8, 2015.

  • And after the film premiered in Telluride, you were accused by Iran State Media of being a “Zionist” CIA spy.

  • “Once a spy, always a spy,” his friend responded; this was a common Soviet saying.

  • That alliance between the spy agency and the military, forged in Iraq, would forever change the way America fights wars.

  • It was a fact that Amy Drew often saw humor where her chum 98 could not spy anything in the least laughable.

  • Valence sent a woman, disguised as a beggar, to spy out the position; but Bruce saw through the dodge, and the spy confessed.

  • To spy out the land with a naval telescope over a mile of sea means taking a lot on trust as we learned to our cost on April 25th.

  • Many a spy of the Kaiser had tried to pry there and had been arrested and sentenced to a long term of imprisonment.

  • Nobody guessed where the King of Asturia was, and the spy had gone off on a false errand altogether.

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