一、詳細(xì)釋義：


v.

偶然聽到，無意中聽到；偷聽到 [I,T]


例句：

What makes a cell phone conversation that you overhear so distracting?

是什么令無意聽到的電話交談讓我們分心？


例句：

I overhear him saying he is going to Japan.

我無意中聽到他要去日本。


二、詞義辨析：


hear,listen,overhear

這些動詞均含“聽”之意。 hear及物動詞，指聲音進(jìn)入耳內(nèi)，但不含有注意的意味，即，只要聽覺正常，聲音進(jìn)入耳內(nèi)，就能聽見。但在祈使句中，hear可指有意識的行為。 listen及物動詞，指有意識地傾聽，強(qiáng)調(diào)行為的過程。 overhear指偶然聽到，無意中聽到，也指偷聽。


三、參考例句：


I happened to overhear what he said.

我碰巧聽到他說的話。


I?overhear?him saying he is going to Japan.

我無意中聽到他要去日本。


I overhear him saying he is going to Japan.

我無意中聽到他要去日本。


As she spoke rather loudly we could not help but overhear what she said.

因?yàn)樗_嗓門說話，所以我們不免聽到她的話。


What makes a cell phone conversation that you overhear so distracting?

是什么令無意聽到的電話交談讓我們分心？


And when you overhear someone having a private conversation in the language you've learnt, you'll secretly smile because you know.

當(dāng)你不小心聽到有人用你學(xué)過的外語進(jìn)行私人談話時(shí)，你會偷著樂，因?yàn)槟阒浪麄冋f了些什么。