| 词汇 | snoop |
| 释义 | snoop verb[ Iusually+ adv/prep ] informaldisapprovinguk /snuːp/ us /snuːp/ to look around a place secretly, in order to discover things or find out information about someone or something: 窥探，打探 People were sent out to snoop on rival businesses.派出了人员去打探竞争对手的情况。 She's the sort of person you can imagine snooping about your room when you're not there.她是那种会趁你不在而偷进你房间的人。 to try to find out about other people's private lives: （对别人的私生活）窥探 I don't mean to snoop, but is there something wrong?我不是想打探你的私生活，不过是不是出了什么事？ Clara's husband is snooping on her because he thinks she is seeing another man.克拉拉的丈夫正在打探她的私生活，因为他认为她在跟另外一个男人交往。 International relations: spying and espionage agent agent provocateur anti-bug asset industrial espionage insider intel intelligence MI5 operative scout secret service sleuthing snoopy spook spy spy on someone/something tail tap the CIA snoop noun uk /snuːp/ us /snuːp/ [ S ]UKinformal the act of snooping: 窥探，打探 I think someone's been having a snoop around my office - I didn't leave that drawer open.我觉得有人偷偷溜进过我的办公室——我走时那个抽屉不是开着的。 [ C ]informaldisapproving(alsosnooper) someone who snoops: 窥探者，打探者 He's such a snoop - he's always going through my mail.他真是窥探成癖——总是偷看我的信件。 Most journalists are snoopers by nature.大多数记者天生就爱打探他人隐私。 International relations: spying and espionage agent agent provocateur anti-bug asset industrial espionage insider intel intelligence MI5 operative scout secret service sleuthing snoopy spook spy spy on someone/something tail tap the CIA snoop | American Dictionarysnoop verb[ I ] infmlus/snup/ to look around a place secretly in order to discover things about it or the people connected with it: You have no business snooping around my office. snoopnoun[ C ]us/snup/ Examples of snoopsnoop Living in close proximity to each other, neighbours or residents will be snooped upon, discussed in great detail, and perhaps even ridiculed. They check the creditworthiness of applicants in a way which often amounts to snooping. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are not persons who go snooping about to see if there is something wrong. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The cost therefore worked out at over £1 per person snooped. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Since the last war, there has been a great growth of private snooping, information gathering and, much worse, information distributing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After all, that is what snooping is; just deciding off their own bat to sniff around to see whether they can find something wrong somewhere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are we quite sure that the snooping element is not going to be used against this great trade union movement? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely that is using powers to permit the possibility of snooping on a very large scale indeed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it not the case that such snooping is outside the guidelines, since information gathered on me clearly has nothing to do with national security? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, in the cases where there are difficulties the community charge registration officer will be accused of snooping and of making judgments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I also refer to snooping photographs, which are taken of people in their homes and without their consent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let them have a little individual expression of opinion and do not go snooping around trying to make them think in your particular way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Subscribers are entitled to an assurance that "snooping" will not take place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The astounding thing is that some members of the council designated his action as snooping and suggested that he ought not to have done it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If they set up search-and-find units, they will be accused of creating further layers of bureaucracy and of snooping and policing people's private lives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of snoop These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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