| 单词 | thesaurus/articles/to-listen-to-someone-or-something |
| 释义 | Thesaurus article:to listen to someone or somethingto listen to someone or somethingThese words are used when you are giving someone or something your attention so that you can understand the words being said. One of the most common words for this islisten.Listenis used when you are paying attention to someone who is talking, or you are paying attention to something that is being said. Are you listening to me? I'm talking to you. Shush - I'm listening to the announcement. The opposite oflistenisignore. Just ignore him - nothing he says will be worth hearing. For more opposites oflisten, see the article atignore. Hearcan sometimes be used instead oflisten. An audience gathered to hear him speak. If someone listens to another person's conversation without them knowing, the verbeavesdropor the phrasal verblisten in onis often used. He was eavesdropping on our conversation. I wish my brother would stop listening in on my phone calls. If you want someone to listen until you have said everything you want to say, you could use the phrasal verbhear someone out. At least hear me out before you make up your mind. If you suddenly start to listen to something carefully because you have heard something interesting, you could say that youprick up your ears. I heard my name mentioned and I pricked up my ears. |
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