overhear

英 [ˌəʊvə'hɪə(r)] 美 [ˌoʊvər'hɪr]

• v. 无意中听到；偷听

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 偶然听到

   hear (what others are saying) without their knowledge and by accident

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 无意中听到
2. 偶然听到
3. 偷听
4. 听见
5. 旁听

英英释义

Verb:

1. hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers;

   "We overheard the conversation at the next table"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. I managed to overhear a few interesting snippets of information.
   我设法偷听到一点零星有趣的消息。
2. People say in the Tanabata night, can see the cowherd meet, or in the Milky Way under the melon and fruit can overhear in heaven when they meet silently whispers.
   人们传说在七夕的夜晚，抬头可以看到牛郎织女的银河相会，或在瓜果架下可偷听到两人在天上相会时的脉脉情话。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. I overheard some cruel remarks about my husband.
   我无意中听到一些议论我丈夫的粗鲁话。
2. Let's go and overhear them carefully.
   让咱们去仔细地偷听他们谈话。
3. I was too far away to overhear their conversation.
   我离得太远了,听不见他们说什么。
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4. I wouldn't like to be overheard.
   我不喜欢让人偷听。

S+～+wh-clause

1. They spoke so low that I could not overhear what they said.
   他们说话声音太小,使我无法听到他们说的话。

用作宾补动词

S+～+ n./pron. +to/ -v

1. I overheard him leave for Beijing.
   我偶然听说他要到北京去。
2. I overheard them say they were dissatisfied.
   我偶然听到他们说,他们很不满意。

S+～+ n./pron. + v -ing

1. I overheard them talking.
   我无意中听到了他们的谈话。
2. They overheard her singing.
   他们从旁边听到她唱歌。
3. I overheard him saying that he was closing down his shop.
   我听见他说他准备关闭他的商店。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• overhear conversation 听清谈话
• overhear cruel remark 听到粗话

～+副词

• overhear accidentally 偶然听见
• overhear carefully 仔细地听
• overhear coincidentally 恰好听见
• overhear fatally 命中注定听见
• overhear inadvertently 不经心地听见
• overhear thoughtlessly 无意地听见
• overhear unavoidably 不可避免地听见

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. overhear的基本意思是“偶然听到”,指无意间从别人的谈话中得知了某件事情或听到了某人在谈话,有时也可以指“故意偷听”。
2. overhear多用于及物动词,后可接名词、代词或由疑问词引导的从句作宾语,还可接由不带to的动词不定式或现在分词充当补足语的复合宾语。可用于被动结构。
3. overhear的过去式、过去分词均为overheard。

词义辨析

overhear，bug，monitor

• 这些动词均含“偷听、窃听”之意。
• overhear多指在别人不注意或不知道的情况下偶然听到谈话的内容。
• bug指在室内等处安装窃听器以窃听他人的谈话内容。
• monitor通常指用仪器设备偷听别人的谈话内容。

近反义词

【近义词】

• hear 得知
• eavesdrop 偷听
• listen in 收听(偷听)
• listen to 听
• earwig [昆]蠼螋
• discover 发现
• learn 学会
• take in 接受
• hear of 听说
• take 拿
• in 在 ... 里
• of 关于
• catch 赶上
• monitor 监视
• bug 臭虫