overhear

verb

1. 偶然听到；无意中听到
   to hear, especially by accident, a conversation in which you are not involved
   1. We talked quietly so as not to be overheard.
      我们低声交谈，以免别人听到。
   2. I overheard a conversation between two boys on the bus.
      我在公共汽车上无意中听到两个男孩的谈话。
   3. We overheard them arguing.
      我们碰巧听到他们吵嘴。
   4. I overheard him say he was going to France.
      我偶然听见他说他要去法国。

1. 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.
   1. I overheard two doctors discussing my case.
      我无意中听到两位医生讨论我的病情。
   2. ...snatches of overheard conversation.
      偷听到的片言只语

1. The door is shut so that no one may overhear what is said.
   门关着，这样没人能听见说话的内容。
2. They were shut away in a little room where nobody could overhear
   他们被关在一个小屋里，没人能听到他们的动静。
3. I overheard two doctors discussing my case.
   我无意中听到两位医生讨论我的病情。
4. The man at the next table couldn't help but overhear WHEN and IF.
   临桌的一个人无意间听见了“等到”和“如果”的谈话。
5. Now she was in Paris where there were no spies who would overhear her talks with others and where she could speak with any people in any language she would like to speak.
   她终于到达了巴黎，在那里没有秘密警察偷听她的谈话，在那里他可以用任何她能说的语言和他人交谈。
6. 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。
7. I happened to overhear what he said.
   我碰巧听到了他所说的话。
8. Did you overhear what she just said?
   你刚刚在旁边有听到她说什么吗？
9. Senior Young man, I couldn't help but overhear your conversation just now.
   年轻人，我刚才听见了你们变话，我倒不是有意的。
10. I overheard them quarrelling. I overhear him saying he is going to Japan.
    我无意中听到他们吵架.我无意中听到他要去日本。
11. You might even overhear some office gossip, but try not to get sucked into office politics.
    你或许还会无意中听到办公室的闲言碎语，请努力要不让卷入办公室政治。
12. Keep your voices down-I can overhear everything you say.
    小点声，我能无意中听到你所说的所有事。
13. 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。
14. I just overhear it in the corridor.
    我是在走廊里偷听到的。
15. Chinese grannies would say that, if you stand under a grapevine, you can probably overhear what Zhi Nu and Niu Lang are talking about.
    中国的老奶奶说，如果你站在一颗葡萄树下，或许就能偷听到织女和牛郎在谈什么。
16. 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。
17. As she spoke rather loudly we could not help but overhear what she said.
    因为她拉开嗓门说话，所以我们不免听到她的话。
18. They stepped aside so that their child could not overhear their conversation.
    他们走到一边去，不让孩子听见他们的谈话。
19. He wants them to overhear him condemn the rich.
    他想让穷人听他责备富人。
20. Be careful or somebody will overhear what you say and may repeat it afterwards.
    说话小心，要不然让人偷听到你的话后会传出去的。
21. This is true not only you are not gossiped about, but also you may not make your colleagues feel uncomfortable if they overhear your conversation.
    如果他们是来偷听你们的谈话，不仅别人不会说你们的闲话而且你们也不至于会让同事觉得不舒服，这倒是真的。
22. Did she overhear us just now?
    她刚才都偷听见了？
23. 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。
24. I couldn't help but overhear, and the tone of her voice sent me flying to my desk in search of a misplaced resolution.
    我只是偶然听到，我无能为力，他的声调让我迅速的到我的办公桌里寻找那份丢失的决心。
25. I ascertained that no one could overhear us before I told Otto the news.
    我确信没有人能听到我们的谈话之后，才把这个消息告诉奥托。
26. I was too far away to overhear their conversation.
    我离得太远，听不到他们的谈话。
27. We overhear the president in mid-conversation.
    我们听到布什总统正在和人讲话。
28. Fred: I'm not sure, but I did overhear her talking about her high school graduation.
    弗列德：不是很确定，但我无意间确实听到她在讲高中毕业典礼的事。
29. Did I overhear that you haven't seen one of your falcons?
    刚才我无意中听到，您是否正在寻找一只游隼？
30. I wouldn't want my children to overhear you.
    我不想让我的孩子听到你们的（脏）话。

  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。

  listen v. 听

〔辨析〕指有意识地倾听，强调行为的过程。

  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。

verb

1. hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
   1. We overheard the conversation at the next table

   Synonym:    catchtake in