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. 听
〔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。