spying / spaɪ /

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spying3 个定义

n. 名词 noun

plural spies.

  1. 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.
  2. a person who keeps close and secret watch on the actions and words of another or others.
  3. 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.
  4. the act of spying.
v. 无主动词 verb

spied, spy·ing.

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

spied, spy·ing.

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

spying 近义词

n. 名词 noun

watching

n. 名词 noun

surveillance

更多spying例句

  1. Even if spies don’t get access to the nation’s secrets, they can still gather information on politicians that could be useful.
  2. When Tanvir denied it, they shifted their message, suddenly offering him money and immigration benefits for his wife if he agreed to become a spy.
  3. By embedding invisible images known as spy pixels in the message, senders can find out when you opened it, where you were, what device you were on, and how much time you spent scrolling through the contents.
  4. The man said he was going undercover at various companies to ferret out would-be leakers and spies.
  5. Just as an aside, the Westminster mission showed the reward as a silhouette of a man with a beret, but the spy turned out to be a middle-aged woman in a sharp blazer armed with a silencer.
  6. The reasons for detention ranged from suspected spying to having an open beer bottle in public.
  7. How culpable are sites like Facebook, Google, and Apple in aiding potential spying, and the loss of privacy?
  8. One road leads to freedom, sharing, and equality; the other to endless spying, a hierarchical structure, and repression.
  9. Trust us, the Obama administration said, about spying on Americans and restarting the economy through “shovel-ready” programs.
  10. There was a time not that long ago when governments more or less monopolized spying on political protests.
  11. Only the quick wink of his eye reassures me of his interest, and gives warning of the spying guard.
  12. So spying of Payne in a gully, I went into him, and there staid, thinking to have gone to Chelsy with them.
  13. Then, making up his mind suddenly, he went down the arcade and out onto the sidewalk, for spying was not in his nature.
  14. “I feel just as if it was the guardian spirit of an evil place, that it is spying on us and plotting to harm us,” she confessed.
  15. He need not fear being lost in the streets should he lose touch with those he was spying upon.