| 单词 | spy |
| 释义 | spy (spaɪ ) Word forms: spies , spying , spied 1. countable noun B1+ A spy is a person whose job is to find out secret information about another country or organization. He was jailed for five years as an alleged British spy. The spy ring passed secrets to the enemy. Synonyms: undercover agent, secret agent, double agent, secret service agent 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A spy satellite or spy plane obtains secret information about another country by taking photographs from the sky. 3. verb Someone who spies for a country or organization tries to find out secret information about another country or organization. The agent spied for the government for more than twenty years. [VERB + for] East and West are still spying on one another. [VERB + on] I never agreed to spy against the United States. [VERB + against] Synonyms: be a spy, snoop [informal], gather intelligence, be engaged in spying spying uncountable noun ...a ten-year sentence for spying. Synonyms: espionage, reconnaissance, infiltration, undercover work 4. verb If you spy on someone, you watch them secretly. That day he spied on her while pretending to work on the shrubs. [V + on n] If you were invisible, who would you spy on? [V + on n] 5. verb If you spy someone or something, you notice them. [literary] He was walking down the street when he spied an old friend. [VERB noun] Synonyms: catch sight of, see, spot, notice Collocations: enemy spy He has lived his life as an enemy spy who was brainwashed by the enemy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Let us remember that every day our rivals and enemies spy on us. Times, Sunday Times Catching enemy spies and active subversives meant casting the widest possible net. Times, Sunday Times Spies also spend a lot of time trying to break the codes of enemy spies. Times, Sunday Times The crowds, crime, and the constant threat of enemy spies, had made the capital into a rowdy city barely under control. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This spy drama hasn't been the most straightforward of shows to follow. The Sun Routine spy drama with a solid cast. Times, Sunday Times As always with the spy drama, there's a dramatic cliffhanger that will leave viewers wondering if the latest agent to land in enemy hands will live or die. The Sun I've barely come round from the meandering, coma-inducing state-of-the-nation spy drama he did a few years ago. Times, Sunday Times A thrilling, action-packed spy drama. The Sun There's no window or spy hole only the precious task of fitting what's so dense and intricate together. The Times Literary Supplement There's even a spy hole, a disguised a brick in the floor that lifts away view through the ceiling below, to the front gate. Times, Sunday Times The heavily-protected rooms have extra-strong doors, spy holes and 999 phone lines to police. The Sun They also discovered spy holes. The Sun Visitors are allowed to go up to the cannon point and look through the spy holes imagining the sound, light and speed of the fireballs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The covert spying operation remained secret until 2006. Times, Sunday Times A handful of judges will get the power to veto ministers' decisions on all toplevel antiterrorism spying operations under proposals being put forward by the home secretary today. Times, Sunday Times Officials authorisied spying operations to detemine whether fisherman were illegally gathering shellfish in the town's harbour and to try to find out who had damaged a barrier. Times, Sunday Times As she fights to remain afloat, familiar ingredients of the spy thriller bob into view. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The relationship between an MI6 officer and his or her agents is often misrepresented in the spy thriller genre. Times, Sunday Times (2011) AFTER its rave reviews you might have expected the frankly stunning cold war spy thriller to be far higher on the chart. The Sun (2011) What about the spy thriller? Times, Sunday Times (2008) But tomorrow we will finally find out the name of the super spy's 24th movie. The Sun It's just one thing after another for the super spies. The Sun The super spies entered the room. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 间谍, 密探 Japanese: スパイ, 見張る |
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