overhearing

英 [ˌəʊvəˈhɪərɪŋ]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈhɪrɪŋ]

v.  偶然听到; 无意中听到
overhear的现在分词

电力

柯林斯词典

• VERB 偶然听到；无意中听到；偷听到
  If youoverhearsomeone, you hear what they are saying when they are not talking to you and they do not know that you are listening.
  1. I overheard two doctors discussing my case.
     我无意中听到两位医生讨论我的病情。
  2. ...snatches of overheard conversation.
     偷听到的片言只语

双语例句

• However, it is perhaps not as realistic an activity as we might think because the listener is almost always overhearing something that he or she takes no part in and cannot influence in any way.
  但是这也许不是一种如我们所想的现实活动，因为听众总是听到太多他们没有参与或者是在任何层面都不会有影响力的事情。
• He could not help overhearing the conversation, so strident was her tone.
  他没法不去听那场谈话，因为她说话的声调太刺耳了。
• I couldn't help overhearing what he said.
  我禁不住偷听了他说的话。
• Excuse me. I couldn't help overhearing your conversation. I happen to be a cabinetmaker, and I can start work right away.
  不好意思。我刚刚无意中听到了你们的对话，而我碰巧就是一名细木工，而且我可以马上就可以上班。
• Furthermore, to buffer less useless packets, we propose an overhearing management policy based on historical information, which could effectively decrease the impact of interfering flows on system throughput.
  为减少无用数据包被缓存的概率提出了一种基于历史信息的侦听管理策略，可有效减少干扰流对系统吞吐量的影响。
• A: The person on the other end may not be comfortable with other people overhearing what he is saying, especially if he isn't aware that he is on speaker.
  C：噢，你是说对方可能不想让别人听见他跟我说些什么。
• Overhearing this, a woman remarked," You mean to say it took you all this time to lose one pound?"
  一个女子听到了这些话，她说道：“你是说你花了这么长时间才减了1磅？”
• Sorry, I couldn't help overhearing, did you mention something about Chinese food?
  对不起，我无意中听见你们的谈话，你们是不是谈到中国菜？
• He might be overhearing her inconsistent remarks.
  也许他正在偷听她这些牛头不对马嘴的话呢。
• Have you ever wondered why overhearing a cellphone conversation is so annoying?
  无意间听到别人通过手机聊天，自己却开始心烦意乱，你有没有思考过这是为什么呢？