the activity of secretly getting important political or military information about another country or of finding out another company’s secrets by using spies synonym spying间谍活动;谍报活动;刺探活动 Some of the commercial activities were a cover for espionage. 有些商业活动是为间谍活动提供掩护。 She may call it research; I call it industrial espionage. 她可以称之为研究,可我称它为产业情报刺探。
Extra ExamplesShe was found guilty of espionage against the United States. 她被判犯有反美间谍罪。 The big computer companies are very worried about industrial espionage. 大型电脑公司很担心业内的间谍活动。 Two members of the embassy staff had been expelled for espionage. 大使馆两名成员因从事间谍活动被驱逐出境了。 espionage on behalf of foreign states 为外国服务的间谍活动 evidence of espionage activities in Australia 在澳大利亚进行间谍活动的证据 one of the most important espionage cases of the 20th century 20 世纪最重要的间谍案之一 the shadowy world of espionage 鲜为人知的间谍界
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Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French espionnage, from espionner ‘to spy’, from espion ‘a spy’.