spy
noun/spaɪ/
/spaɪ/
(plural spies)
- a person who tries to get secret information about another country, organization or person, especially somebody who is employed by a government or the police
间谍；密探 - He was denounced as a foreign spy.
有人告发他是外国间谍。 - a police spy
警方密探 - a spy plane/satellite (= used to watch the activities of the enemy)
间谍飞机／卫星 - Video spy cameras are being used in public places.
隐蔽的摄像机在监视着公共场所。
Extra ExamplesTopics War and conflictc1, Jobsc1- Counter-intelligence officers uncovered a spy ring involving twenty agents.
反情报官员发现了一个涉及 20 名特工的间谍网。 - He denied acting as an enemy spy.
他否认自己是敌方间谍。 - He was a spy for the government.
他是政府密探。 - Soviet spies who had infiltrated the American government
渗透进美国政府的苏联间谍 - the director of a top American spy agency
美国顶级间谍机构负责人 - He became a government spy during the war.
战争期间他为政府当间谍。 - He worked as a British spy in Russia.
他在俄罗斯担任英国间谍。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- enemy
- foreign
- government
- …
- network
- act as
- be
- work as
- …
- infiltrate
- film
- movie
- novel
- …
- spy for
Word OriginMiddle English: shortening of Old French espie ‘espying’, espier ‘espy’, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin specere ‘behold, look’. - He was denounced as a foreign spy.