单词 | spying |
释义 | spying (once / 1984 pages) n WORD FAMILY spying: spyings+/counterspy: counterspies/spy: counterspy, spied, spies, spying USAGE EXAMPLES“The spying is no big deal. It’s no more than what we do to them. Obama’s just getting back at them.” The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) News & World Report, and accusing him of spying. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) They also include a letter from Mrs Thatcher to Saddam Hussein, asking for clemency for British nurse Daphne Parish, who was accused of spying. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) 1n keeping a secret or furtive watch Hyper vigil, watch a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe 2n the act of detecting something; catching sight of something Syn|Hyper catching, detection, espial, spotting discovery, find, uncovering the act of discovering something 3n the act of keeping a secret watch for intelligence purposes Syn|Hypo|Hyper undercover work espionage the systematic use of spies to get military or political secrets intelligence, intelligence activity, intelligence operation the operation of gathering information about an enemy |
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