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espionage
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🇺🇸 /ˈɛspiʌnɑdʒ/
espionage 指通过隐秘手段获取秘密信息的行为或活动,中文通常译为“间谍活动”或“间谍行为”。
💡 记忆钩子
把 espionage 想成“躲在暗处偷看并带走秘密情报”:核心不是某个间谍本人,而是秘密获取信息这一整套活动,因此可指具体的间谍行为,也可泛指间谍活动。
📝 学习建议
- 先记住它表示“活动或行为”,不要把它误解成执行任务的“间谍”本人;指人时通常要用相应的人员名词。
- 阅读新闻或政治、军事题材时,优先把 espionage 理解为“秘密情报活动”,再根据上下文判断是否需要译成“间谍活动”。
📖 中文释义
noun
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core 秘密获取情报的活动📖 指用隐秘、通常不公开的方式获取秘密信息;想象有人躲在暗处窥探情报,这种“窥探并获取秘密”的活动就是 espionage。💡 常用“espionage against + 对象”表示“针对某方的间谍活动”,也可说“conduct/carry out espionage”表示开展间谍活动。这个词语气正式,常用于国家、安全或政治相关话题。它指的是活动,不是执行活动的人;不要直接用它称呼某个间谍。countable uncountableThe agency was accused of espionage against a neighboring country.该机构被指控对邻国进行间谍活动。The novel is set in the world of international espionage.这部小说以国际间谍活动为背景。
espionages
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📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 1 组
the systematic use of spies to get military or political secrets
同义词集:
espionage
上位: spying, undercover work
🌳 词源
源自法语 espionnage,最终与表示“窥探、偷看”的日耳曼语词根有关。
Recorded since 1793, from French espionnage, from espionner (“to spy”), from Middle French espionner (“to spy”), from espion (“spy”), from Old French espion (“spy”), from Frankish *spehō (“spy”), from Frankish *spehōn (“to spy”), from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to spy, peek, peer”). In modern times, the French pronunciation of the s, which had fallen silent since the 13th century, was restored due to the influence of Italian spione (“spy”), and was therefore also adopted by the English. More at spy.
🔄 变式
espionages
plural
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