Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense spies, present participle spying, past tense, past participle spied
1N-COUNT 间谍 A spy is a person whose job is to find out secret information about another country or organization. 间谍
He was jailed for five years as an alleged British spy.
他被指控为英国间谍,入狱关押了 5 年。
The spy ring passed secrets to the enemy.
该间谍团伙向敌方传送秘密情报。
SYN undercover agent, secret agent, double agent, secret service agent
2ADJ [ADJ n](卫星、飞机)执行间谍任务的 A spy satellite or spy plane obtains secret information about another country by taking photographs from the sky. (卫星、飞机)执行间谍任务的
3VERB 从事间谍活动;充当间谍 Someone who spies for a country or organization tries to find out secret information about another country or organization. 从事间谍活动;充当间谍
The agent spied for East Germany for more than twenty years. [VERB + for]
该特工人员为东德做了 20 多年的间谍。
East and West are still spying on one another. [VERB + on]
东西方仍在互相进行间谍活动。
I never agreed to spy against the United States. [VERB + against]
我从来没有答应去当间谍刺探美国的情报。
SYN be a spy, snoop [informal], gather intelligence, be engaged in spying
spying
...a ten-year sentence for spying.
因间谍罪判处的 10 年监禁
4VERB 秘密监视 If you spy on someone, you watch them secretly. 秘密监视
That day he spied on her while pretending to work on the shrubs. [VERB + on]
那天,他假装在修剪灌木,秘密对她进行监视。
He had his wife spied on for evidence in a divorce case. [VERBon noun]