VERB 偶然听到;无意中听到;偷听到 If you overhear someone, you hear what they are saying when they are not talking to you and they do not know that you are listening.
I overheard two doctors discussing my case. 我无意中听到两位医生讨论我的病情。
When one listens, by the side of honest men, at the portals of society, one overhears the dialogues of those who are on the outside. 当我们在社会的门边,从诚实人这方面去听时,我们的耳朵会刮到一些门外人的对话。
A thrush overhears him telling the news of the weakness to the dwarves and leaves to inform Bard at Lake-town, which is a good thing because the dragon has left the mountain to terrorize the townspeople. 有人偷听到了他告诉矮人龙的弱点的消息,并去告知了长湖镇的巴尔德,这是好事,因为史矛革随后离开了山,袭击了镇民。
Any guest who overhears a member of staff mentioning the f-word football will be given a free glass of champagne. 这家旅馆规定,如果客人听到该旅馆的工作人员一旦说出“足球”这个词的话,那麽客人将得到一杯免费的香槟酒。
One day, Tang overhears their noises of passion and his wife whispering that her husband says her belly is like velvet. 有一天老唐无意中听到他们做爱时的声音,他的妻子呻吟着说:“你唐叔说我的肚子像天鹅绒”。
However, when Lyra overhears scholars discussing a plot against her uncle, Lord Asriel, centering around a mysterious substance called Dust, her curiosity is roused. 然而,一次她无意中听到学者们正讨论如何对付她叔叔阿斯利厄尔的阴谋,这个阴谋主要围绕着一种叫做“灰尘”的神秘物质展开。