overhear ♦︎ monitor ♦︎ eavesdrop ♦︎ tap ♦︎ bug ♦︎ listen inThese words all mean to listen to a conversation in which you are not involved.这些词均表示偷听、监听、窃听。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to eavesdrop / listen in on sth◆to overhear / monitor / eavesdrop on / bug / listen in to a conversation◆to monitor / eavesdrop on communications◆to tap / bug sb's telephone■overhearˌəʊvəˈhɪə(r); NAmEˌoʊvərˈhɪr(overheard, overheard) [transitive] to hear, especially by accident, a conversation in which you are not involved偶然听到;无意中听到◆We talked quietly so as not to be overheard.我们低声交谈,以免别人听到。◆We overheard them arguing.我们碰巧听到他们吵嘴。◆I overheard him say he was going to France.我偶然听见他说他要去法国。■monitorˈmɒnɪtə(r); NAmEˈmɑːnɪtər [transitive](especially of an official organization) to listen to telephone calls or foreign radio broadcasts or read emails, etc. in order to collect information, usually over a long period(尤指官方组织为收集情报)监听(电话或外国无线电广播),监控(电子邮件)◆The company routinely monitors all its employees' emails.这家公司例行监控所有员工的电子邮件。◆During the war his job was to monitor enemy radio broadcasts.他的战时工作是监听敌方的无线电广播。■eavesdropˈiːvzdrɒp; NAmEˈiːvzdrɑːp(-pp-) [intransitive] to listen secretly to what other people are saying; to listen secretly to electronic communications in order to collect information偷听(其他人谈话);(为收集情报)窃听(电子通讯)◆We caught him eavesdropping outside the window.我们撞见他在窗外偷听。◆Hackers eavesdrop on phone networks to steal data(= in a newspaper headline).黑客窃听电话网络盗取资料。■tap(-pp-) [transitive] to fit a device to a telephone or telephone line so that sb's calls can be listened to secretly在(电话上)安装窃听器,搭线窃听◆He was convinced his phone was being tapped.他确信自己的电话在被人窃听。■bug(-gg-) [transitive] to put a special electronic listening device(= a bug)somewhere in order to listen secretly to sb's private conversations装窃听器窃听◆They bugged her hotel room.他们在她的旅馆房间里装了窃听器。■ˌlisten ˈin
phrasal verb
to listen to a conversation that you are not supposed to hear, especially by means of electronics(尤指利用电子器件)窃听,偷听,监听◆You shouldn't listen in on other people's conversations.你不应该偷听别人的谈话。◆They did not know that the police were secretly listening in.他们不知道警方在秘密监听。