SPY1 to spy2 someone who spiesRELATED WORDSto secretly watch someone 秘密监视某人WATCH (5)see alsoSECRETFIND OUT1 to spy 秘密搜集情报spy /spaɪ/ [intransitive verb]to secretly collect information about an enemy government 秘密搜集情报；从事间谍活动 A former US diplomat has confessed to spying. 一名前美国外交官承认从事过间谍活动。spy on For years the satellite spied on secret weapon bases. 这颗卫星对秘密武器基地暗中监视了多年。spy for Philby had been spying for the Russians for several years. 菲尔比曾为俄国当了几年的间谍。spying [uncountable noun] The 11 men had allegedly been involved in spying. 这11名男子被指从事间谍活动。 He had been accused of spying and held without trial for ten years. 他被指控从事间谍活动，未经审判就被拘禁了十年。espionage /ˈespiənɑːʒ/ [uncountable noun]the collecting of political, military, or industrial secrets from another country or organization 间谍行为，谍报活动 Zakharov, a KGB agent, was charged with espionage. 克格勃特工扎哈罗夫被指控从事间谍活动。industrial espionagethe collecting of secrets about a competing company 工业间谍活动 The banks take precautions to prevent any attempts at industrial espionage while confidential documents are on the premises. 银行里都有机密文件，所以他们采取预防措施以防任何商业间谍活动。be in the pay of /biː ɪn ðə ˈpeɪ ɒv/ [verb phrase]if someoneis in the pay of a country or organization, they are being paid by that country or organization to spy for them 〔某人〕为…所收买；受雇于〔国家或组织充当间谍〕 Before becoming President, the general was in the pay of the CIA. 将军在当选总统前受雇于中央情报局。 There were persistent rumours that the former head of British Intelligence was in the pay of the Soviet Union. 一直有传闻说英国情报局的前领导被苏联收买了。infiltrate /ˈɪnfɪltreɪtǁɪnˈfɪltreɪt, ˈɪnfɪl-/ [transitive verb]to secretly join a group or organization whose principles or activities you strongly oppose, in order to find out more about them, or to harm them in some way 潜入，混入〔某个组织〕 The Communists effectively infiltrated the government and the political parties. 间谍有效地潜入了政府以及各政治党派。 Police attempts to infiltrate neo-Nazi groups have been largely unsuccessful. 警方潜入新纳粹组织的行动基本上没有成功。 Everyone knew the organization had been infiltrated by government agents, but could not prove it. 每个人都知道组织内部混进了政府的特工人员，但无法证实。infiltrator [countable noun] There has always been a danger of enemy infiltrators in the organization. 历来都有敌人混进组织内部的危险。infiltration /ˌɪnfɪlˈtreɪʃən/ [uncountable noun] Finally, weakened by infiltration and sabotage, Black Aid Action folded in 1967. 援助黑人行动由于敌人势力的渗透和蓄意破坏，力量受到了削弱，最终在1967年停止活动。counterespionage /ˌkaʊntərˈespiənɑːʒ/ [uncountable noun]the activity of trying to find out about and prevent an enemy from spying in your own country 反间谍活动 His novels deal with the world of spies, espionage and counterespionage. 他的小说写的都是间谍世界里的间谍和反间谍活动。 the murder of two counterespionage officers 两名反间谍官员的被害2 someone who spies 间谍spy /spaɪ/ [countable noun] He was suspected of having been a spy during the war. 他被怀疑在战时当过间谍。 The job of the secret police was to hunt down spies and traitors. 秘密警察的工作是追捕间谍和叛徒。agent /ˈeɪdʒənt/ [countable noun]someone working for a government or police department who tries to get secret information about another country or organization 〔为政府或警察部门工作的〕特工人员 Wray was filmed passing money to an enemy agent. 雷被拍下来正在把钱交给一名敌方特工。 a book of memoirs written by a retired MI5 agent, Peter Wright 军情五处一名退休特工彼得·赖特写的一本回忆录secret agent He had been a secret agent of the enemy all along. 他一直是敌人派来的特务。mole /məʊl/ [countable noun]someone who works inside an organization who gives secret information to someone on the outside, for example a newspaper 长期潜伏的间谍，内奸 The government suspects there is a mole who is leaking information to the press. 政府怀疑有内奸向新闻界泄露情报。 The mole was discovered to be the 25-year-old secretary of the minister. 内奸被查出是25岁的部长秘书。