eavesdroppers是什么意思？

eavesdroppers

窃听者

例句

• Eavesdroppers never hear any good of themselves. 偷听者永远听不到别人讲自己的好话.
• Dark shadows moved across the window as some eavesdroppers strolled to and fro outside. 窗外移过几个黑影,有人在外边徘徊,偷听他们的谈话.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  偷听;窃听
  If you eavesdrop on someone, you listen secretly to what they are saying.
  例句
  The government illegally eavesdropped on his telephone conversations... 政府非法窃听了他的电话。 The housemaid eavesdropped from behind the kitchen door. 女佣在厨房门后偷听。