espionage是什么意思？

espionage

英[ˈespiənɑ:ʒ] 美[ˈɛspiəˌnɑʒ, -nɪdʒ]

• n. 侦察，间谍活动；

例句

• Why don't you stick to your perfume ads and leave the espionage to me? 你为什么不做你的香水广告把间谍留给我?
• They were convicted of espionage. 他们被判有间谍罪.
• The country needs a strong intelligence service to counter espionage and foreign extremists... 该国需要强大的情报机构来打击间谍活动和外国极端分子。
• ...industrial espionage. 工业间谍活动
• The authorities have arrested several people suspected of espionage. 官方已经逮捕了几个涉嫌从事间谍活动的人。
• It was a crime of espionage and carried the death penalty. 这是间谍罪,应判死刑。
• Espionage is a capital offence in this country. 在这个国家,从事间谍活动是死罪。

同义词

• n.
  espionage的同义词之：侦探活动;间谍活动
  spying,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-UNCOUNT
  间谍行为;谍报活动
  Espionage is the activity of finding out the political, military, or industrial secrets of your enemies or rivals by using spies.
  例句
  The authorities have arrested several people suspected of espionage. 官方已经逮捕了几个涉嫌从事间谍活动的人。 ...industrial espionage. 工业间谍活动

英汉词典释义

• n.
  谍报活动; 间谍行为
  They were convicted of espionage. 他们被判有间谍罪。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the systematic use of spies to get military or political secrets