| 词组 | listen |
| 释义 | listen /ˈlɪsən/ verb to pay attention to what someone is saying or to a sound that you can hearadverbslisten carefully/closely If you listen carefully, you can hear the birds singing.listen hard also listen intently/attentively formal (=listen very carefully) The students listened intently to her every word.listen politely/respectfully/patiently He expects you to listen politely and agree with everything he says.listen sympathetically Her boss listened sympathetically and told her not to worry.listen quietly It’s best to listen quietly and let the other person talk about their feelings.listen impassively (=without showing any emotion) Norris sat and listened impassively, and it was difficult to guess what he was thinking.prepositionslisten to sb/sth I like listening to music when I’m driving. | Please can everyone listen to me for a moment? You always say listen to something. Don’t say I like listening music.phraseslisten in silence I told him my story and he listened in silence.listen with interest The audience listened with interest to what she was saying.sb never listens to sb/sth (=they always ignore someone or something) My son never listens to what I say.listen at the door/window (=stand next to it and secretly listen to someone or something) One of the servants was listening at the door, and she heard everything that was said.THESAURUS: listen pay attention to listen carefully to what someone is saying: I nodded to show I was paying attention. | She was tired and wasn’t paying attention to what he was saying. eavesdrop on sb/sthconversation to secretly listen to someone else’s conversation by standing near them, hiding behind a door etc: I caught him eavesdropping on our private conversation. | The police used electronic devices to eavesdrop on them. | Let’s go outside – we don’t want anyone eavesdropping. tapphone | conversation to connect a piece of electronic recording equipment to a telephone system so that you can listen to people’s telephone conversations: The FBI tapped his phone and someone was watching him 24 hours a day. | Tapped phone conversations cannot be used as evidence in a British court. interceptcall | phonecall if the police or the authorities intercept someone’s calls, they secretly listen to them: The police intercepted the call and arrested the terrorists. bugroom | office | house | apartment | car | phone to hide a small piece of electronic recording equipment in a place, in order to listen secretly to what is said there: He knew that his hotel room was bugged. | Wells was convinced the house was bugged and insisted on playing loud music while we talked. | The police bugged her apartment. | His wife had bugged his phone and passed on the information to the press. tune in to sth/tune into sthshow | news | programme | game | station to listen to or watch a programme: 1.6 million people tune in to the show every week. | I tuned into the six o’clock news. | She tuned into the local radio station for the weather. | Tune in at the same time next week for the next episode. |
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