listen
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they listen | |
| he / she / it listens | |
| past simple listened | |
| past participle listened | |
| -ing form listening |
- [intransitive]
to pay attention to somebody/something that you can hear （注意地）聽；傾聽 Listen! What's that noise? Can you hear it? 聽！那是什麽響聲？你能聽見嗎？ Sorry, I wasn't really listening. 對不起，我剛才沒注意聽。 He had been listening at the door. 他一直守在門口聽動靜。 - listen to somebody/something
to listen to music/the radio 聽音樂╱收音機 to listen to a song/an album 聽一首歌/一張專輯 I listened carefully to her story. 我認真聽了她說的情況。 He was listening intently to what she was saying. 他專心地聽她在說什麽。 You haven’t been listening to a word I’ve said! 我說的話你一個字也沒聽進去！
Extra ExamplesTopics TV, radio and newsa1, Musica1He was hardly listening, for he had too much on his mind. 他幾乎沒聽，因爲腦子裏事情太多。 I listened with half an ear to the conversation at the next table. 我有一搭沒一搭地聽着鄰桌的談話。 I was listening to the radio. 我在聽收音機。 Lucy was only half listening to their conversation. 露西心不在焉地聽他們說話。 Now, listen very carefully to what she says. 現在請聚精會神聽她講。 Pym listened impassively until the woman had finished. 皮姆一直無動於衷地聽着，直到那個女人說完。 The guests were listening with great interest. 客人們饒有興趣地聽着。 They listened to the announcement in silence. 他們靜靜地聽着通告。 We listened politely to his stories. 我們禮貌地聽着他的故事。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- actively
- attentively
- carefully
- …
- will
- would
- not bother to
- …
- for
- to
- listen with one ear
- [intransitive] (informal)
used to tell somebody to take notice of what you are going to say （讓對方注意）聽着，注意聽 - [intransitive]
to take notice of what somebody says to you so that you follow their advice or believe them 聽信；聽從 I tried to warn her, but she wouldn't listen. 我警告過她，可她就是不聽。 - listen to somebody/something
None of this would have happened if you'd listened to me. 你要是聽了我的話，這一切就不會發生了。 The government is willing to listen to any concerns that people have. 政府願意傾聽人們的任何擔憂。 Why won't you listen to reason? 你怎麽就不聽勸呢？
Extra ExamplesYou need to listen to me! 你需要聽我說！ He refused to listen to her explanation. 他拒絕聽她解釋。 I didn't even bother to listen to his reply. 我甚至懶得去聽他的回答。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- actively
- attentively
- carefully
- …
- will
- would
- not bother to
- …
- for
- to
- listen with one ear
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Word OriginOld English hlysnan ‘pay attention to’, of Germanic origin.