【句子】Yeah, daddy, what are you doing? Snooping for hints about your birthday? 【Modern Family S3E17】
【发音】/jeə/ /ˈdæd.i/ /wɒt/ /wɑːt/ /ɑː(r)/ /juː/ /ˈduː.ɪŋ/ /ˈsnuːpɪŋ/ /fə(r)/ /hɪnts/ /əˈbaʊt/ /jə(r)/ /ˈbɜː(r)θ.deɪ/
【发音技巧】what are连读+闪音；hints about连读；
【翻译】是啊，二爸，你干什么呢？在偷找你生日派对的线索吗？
【适用场合】
今天节目中，我们来学习一下snoop所对应的用法。
先看看它所对应的英文解释：
to look around a place secretly, in order to discover things or to find out information about someone or something
“窥探；打探；调查 （别人的私事、别人的住址等）”这样的意思；
它后面可以跟上介词about/around或者into来搭配；

eg: People were sent out to snoop on rival businesses.
有人派了人员出去打探竞争对手的情况。

eg: I don't mean to snoop, but is there something wrong?
我无意窥探，但是哪里出问题了吗？

eg: I wish you would stop snooping into my business!
我真希望你可以别再窥探我的私事了。

eg: Whose affairs are they snooping into now?
他们现在正在窥探谁的私事？

eg: Claire's husband is snooping on her because he thinks she is seeing another man.
克莱尔的丈夫正在窥探她，因为他觉得她正在跟另外一个男人约会。

eg: Someone's been snooping around my apartment.
有个人一直在我住所周围窥探。

eg: Sarah's been snooping about, lately—I think she's starting to suspect me.
萨拉最近一直在四处窥探，我觉得她开始怀疑我了。

在口语中snoop也可以直接当动词，表示“窥探别人隐私的人；窥探者”；
eg: Fred is just a snoop. He went through my desk!
弗雷德就是一个窥探者。他翻了我的桌子。

eg: He's such a snoop - he's always going through my mail.
他真是一个窥探者，他总是翻看我的邮件。

【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】
She's the sort of person you can imagine snooping about/around your room when you're not there.