overhear

单词辨析:

hear listen overhear 【导航词义:听】
hear v. 听到,听见
〔辨析〕

指声音进入耳内,侧重于听的能力和结果,但不含注意之意。

〔例证〕

I often hear her sing.

我常听到她唱歌。

Can you hear me?

你能听见我说话吗?

listen v.
〔辨析〕

指有意识地倾听,强调行为的过程。

〔例证〕

Are you listening?

你在听吗?

He always listens to the teachers attentively in class.

上课时他一向专心听老师讲课。

He listened but didn't hear anything.

他听了,但什么也没听见。

overhear v. 无意中听到
〔辨析〕

多指在他人不注意或不知道的情况下偶然听到谈话的内容。

〔例证〕

I overheard them saying they were unhappy.

我偶然听到他们说,他们很不快乐。

He overheard the management discussing pay rises.

他无意中听到管理层在讨论加薪的事。

相关例句:

I overhear that the hearty man heartily yearns for my harness in the barn.

我无意中听说那个热忱的人十分向往我的牲口棚中的马具。

She took me aside so that no-one would overhear her proposal.

她把我拉到一边去,为的是不让别人听到她的提议。

Now that is a front row& one with conversations you'd like to overhear.

既然这是第一排――你会禁不住想偷听他们的谈话。

I just overhear it in the corridor.

我是在走廊里偷听到的。

If he did overhear us, of course he'd never forgive you.

如果他真的听见了我们的话,当然他永远也不会原谅你的。

I was too far away to overhear their conversation.

我离得太远,听不到他们的谈话。