【句子】Okay, then I'm really confused why we're here spying on him.  【Desperate Housewives S02E09】

【发音】/əʊˈkeɪ/ /ðen/ /aɪm/ /ˈrɪə.li/ /kənˈfjuːzd/ /waɪ/ /wɪə(r)/ /hɪə(r)/ /ˈspaɪ.ɪŋ/ /ɒn/ /ɑːn/ /hɪm/

【发音技巧】then I'm连读；spying on连读；

【翻译】好吧，那我就不明白我们现在为什么要在这里偷看他。

【适用场合】

今天我们来学习一下，spy on someone的用法；

spy当名词用有“间谍”的意思，当动词用，可以理解成“监视、偷看、偷窥”这样的意思；

所以spy on someone可以理解成to watch someone to learn a secret or concealed information“暗中监视、窥探某个人以获取一些秘密”；

eg: I can't believe you hired a private detective to spy on me—do you really distrust me that much?

我真不敢相信，你居然派了私家侦探来监视我，你真的有那么不信任我吗？

eg: I wasn't spying on you! I was just trying to see who you were.

我没有监视你！我只是想看看你是谁。

eg: A detective had been spying on the man's every move for months.

一名侦探监视该男子的一举一动已有数月之久。

eg: The company sent him to spy on the competitor's sales force.

公司派他去打探竞争对手销售团队的情报。

eg: She hired a private investigator to spy on her husband.

她雇佣了一名私家侦探来监视自己的丈夫。

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He had his wife spied on for evidence in a divorce case.