LISTEN1 to listen to someone or something2 to secretly listen to someone3 what you say when telling someone to listen4 to listen to the radio5 someone who listensRELATED WORDSlisten carefully and pay attention 仔细地听，专心ATTENTIONsee alsoHEARATTENTION1 to listen to someone or something 听某人或某事listen /ˈlɪsən/ [intransitive verb]to pay attention to what someone is saying or to a sound that you hear 〔注意地〕听 I didn't hear the answer, because I wasn't listening when she read it out. 我没听见答案，因为她念的时候我没在听。 If you listened in class you might get better grades. 在课堂上你若是用心听讲，你会得到更好的成绩。listen to He listened carefully to every word I said. 他仔细地听我说每一句话。 I could listen to Placido Domingo all day -- he has such a beautiful voice! 我可以整天听普拉西多·多明戈一他的嗓音真美妙！listen hardtry hard to hear something that is very quiet 尽力去听〔很轻的声音〕 If you listen hard, you can hear the sound of the sea in the distance. 你若用心听，便会听到远处大海的声音。listen carefully The company has begun to listen more carefully to its customers, in a determined attempt to improve customer service. 这家公司已经开始更用心地倾听客户的心声，下决心要改进客户服务。listen intentlylisten very carefully to hear what someone is saying 留意听 Mrs Singh leaned forward, listening intently as they explained the procedure to her. 辛夫人身体向前倾着，专心地听他们向她解释手续。pay attention /peɪ əˈtenʃən/ [verb phrase]to listen carefully to what someone is saying 专心，留心 I have some important information about travel arrangements, so please pay attention. 关于旅行的安排，我有一些重要的事情要说，请大家听好。 Billy's a smart kid, but he doesn't pay attention in class. 比利是个聪明的孩子，但是他上课不专心。pay attention to She went on talking, but I wasn't really paying attention to what she was saying. 她继续讲下去，但我不是很注意她在讲什么。 According to the survey, two-thirds of young people do not follow politics and pay no attention to election campaigns. 根据这次调查，2/3的年轻人不关心政治，也不过问竞选活动。listen for/listen out for /ˈlɪsən fɔːʳ, ˌlɪsən ˈaʊt fɔːʳ/ [transitive phrasal verb]to listen carefully for a sound that you are expecting to hear, although you do not know when it will happen 留神听 We hid behind the door, listening for the sound of the guard's footsteps. 我们躲在门后，留心听着有没有警卫的脚步声。 The flight had been delayed, and so I waited in the departure lounge listening for announcements. 航班延误了，所以我就在候机厅里等候，留心听着广播。 She lay in bed, listening out for the sound of his feet on the stairs. 她躺在床上，等着他的脚步声在楼梯上响起。hear somebody out /ˌhɪəʳ somebody ˈaʊt/ [transitive phrasal verb]to listen to all of what someone wants to tell you without interrupting them, especially when you disagree with them or do not believe them 听某人把话讲完〔尤指不同意或不相信某人时〕 Hear me out first, Jane, and then you can say what you think. 先听我说完，简，然后你再说你的想法。 Knapp heard him out patiently but still refused to change his mind. 纳普耐心地听他把话说完，但仍不肯改变主意。2 to secretly listen to someone 偷听某人说话listen in /ˌlɪsən ˈɪn/ [intransitive phrasal verb]to listen to someone else's conversation when they do not know that you are listening, either on the telephone or when you are near them 偷听 Whenever her boss had one of his ‘private meetings’, she always used to listen in. 每次老板在开他的“私人会议”时，她总要偷听。listen in on We tried to listen in on their conversation, but they were talking too quietly. 我们试图偷听他们的谈话，但是他们的声音太轻了。 They used to have hours of fun listening in on what people were doing in their hotel rooms. 以前他们会长时间地偷听人家在酒店客房里干什么，以此为乐。eavesdrop /ˈiːvzdrɒpǁ-drɑːp/ [intransitive verb]to secretly listen to someone else's conversation by standing near them, hiding behind a door etc 偷听，窃听 How did you know I was going? You've been eavesdropping, haven't you! 你怎么知道我要走？你一直在偷听啊！eavesdrop on I caught him eavesdropping on our conversation. 我发现他在偷听我们谈话。 Sue was able to eavesdrop on them through the open window. 休通过开着的窗户能偷听到他们的谈话。bug /bʌg/ [transitive verb]to hide a small piece of electronic recording equipment in someone's room, car, office etc in order to listen secretly to what is said there 用窃听器窃听；在…装窃听器 Security agents bugged their offices and managed to get some evidence against them. 秘密警察在他们的办公室里装了窃听器，设法取得了对他们不利的证据。 Wells was convinced the house was bugged and insisted on playing loud music while we talked. 韦尔斯确信房子里装有窃听器，所以我们谈话时他坚持把音乐放得很响。tap /tæp/ [transitive verb]to connect a piece of electronic recording equipment to a telephone system so that you can listen to people's telephone conversations 窃听〔电话〕 Later we realized our phones had been tapped and the police knew everything. 后来我们意识到电话被窃听了，警方已得知一切。 The President had to resign over an illegal phone-tapping operation. 因为一次非法电话窃听行动，总统只好辞职。monitor /ˈmɒnɪtəʳ, ˈmɒnətəʳǁˈmɑː-/ [transitive verb]to listen to another country's radio or television broadcasts or radio messages in order to get information about that country 监听〔外国的广播、电视或无线电信号〕 Satellite technology means that enemy airwaves can be monitored more closely than ever before. 卫星技术意味着可以比任何时候都更严密地监听敌国的广播。3 what you say when telling someone to listen 叫某人听你说话的说法listen /ˈlɪsən/spokensay this when you want someone tolisten and pay attention to what you are saying 【口】听 Listen! There's someone coming upstairs! 听！有人上楼来了！ Listen, I've just had a really good idea. 听好，我刚想到一个很好的主意。listen up /ˌlɪsən ˈʌp/spokensay this when you want someone, especially a group of people, to pay close attention to what you are saying, especially when you are giving them instructions 【口】注意听〔尤对一群人发出指令时〕 Okay, class. Listen up. Open your books at page 33. 好，同学们听好了，把书翻到第33页。 The directions are complicated so listen up. 指示很复杂，所以要注意听。4 to listen to the radio 听广播listen to /ˈlɪsən tuː/ [verb phrase]tolisten to a radio programme or a particular radio station 听〔某个广播节目或某个广播电台〕 Lucy sat in her car, listening to the radio. 露西坐在汽车里，听着收音机。 I always listen to the news while I have my breakfast. 我吃早餐的时候总是听听新闻。 What station are you listening to? 你在听哪个台？tune in /ˌtjuːn ˈɪnǁˌtuːn-/ [intransitive phrasal verb]to turn on your radio and listen to a particular programme, especially if you do this at the same time each week 收听〔某一节目，尤指在每周同一时间〕 Be sure to tune in next week at the same time for another exciting episode of ‘Death Ray’. 请别忘在下周同一时间收听《死亡射线》的下一集精彩节目。tune in to Tune in to the Breakfast Show tomorrow to win VIP tickets to the Lollapalooza festival on Long Island. 请收听明天的《早晨节目》，赢取长岛乐乐扎音乐节的贵宾票。5 someone who listens 听的人listener /ˈlɪsənəʳ/ [countable noun]someone who is listening to a speech, piece of music etc, or who regularly listens to a particular radio programme or station 听者；听众 He paused momentarily to check that his listeners had fully appreciated the humour of his remark. 他停了一会儿，看看听众是否完全领会他话中的幽默。 The programme already has more than two million listeners across the country. 这个节目在全国已经拥有两百多万听众。audience /ˈɔːdiənsǁˈɔː-, ˈɑː-/ [countable noun with singular or plural verb in British English]a group of people who watch and listen to someone speaking or performing in public, or who listen to a radio or television programme or station 观众；听众 The second comedian really made the audience laugh. 第二位喜剧演员令观众捧腹大笑。 The audience consisted mainly of young girls under sixteen. 听众主要是16岁以下的女孩子。 WMLD's audience is mainly young and black. WMLD的听众以年轻人和黑人为主。 These two programs are both news and current affairs, but they cater for very different audiences. 这两个都是新闻和时事节目，但所针对的听众却非常不同。be a good listener /biː ə ˌgʊd ˈlɪsənəʳ/ [verb phrase]if someoneis a good listener, they always listen carefully and sympathetically when someone else is talking 乐于倾听的人 Cara's a really good listener, so she always has someone telling her their problems. 卡拉善于倾听，所以总是有人向她倾诉问题。