spy

1. N-COUNT A spy is a person whose job is to find out secret information about another country or organization. 間諜

He was jailed for five years as an alleged spy. 他被指控爲間諜而被監禁了5年。

2. ADJ A spy satellite or spy plane obtains secret information about another country by taking photographs from the sky. 承擔間諜任務的 (衛星、飛機)[ADJ n]

...pictures from unmanned spy planes operated by the U.S. military. …美國軍方操控的無人間諜飛機拍攝到的圖片。

3. V-I Someone who spies for a country or organization tries to find out secret information about another country or organization. (爲某國、某組織) 從事間諜活動

The agent spied for East Germany for more than twenty years. 該特工爲東德從事了二十多年的間諜活動。

East and West are still spying on one another. 東方和西方仍在相互暗中監眡著。

4. spyingN-UNCOUNT 從事間諜活動

...a ten-year sentence for spying. …因從事間諜活動被判的10年監禁。

5. V-I If you spy on someone, you watch them secretly. 秘密監眡

That day he spied on her while pretending to work on the shrubs. 那天他假裝脩剪灌木，卻秘密地監眡著她。