espionage
noun /ˈespiənɑːʒ/
/ˈespiənɑːʒ/
[uncountable]- the activity of secretly getting important political or military information about another country or of finding out another company’s secrets by using spies
间谍活动；谍报活动；刺探活动 - Some of the commercial activities were a cover for espionage.
有些商业活动是为间谍活动提供掩护。 - She may call it research; I call it industrial espionage.
她可以称之为研究，可我称它为产业情报刺探。
- She was found guilty of espionage against the United States.
她被判犯有反美间谍罪。 - The big computer companies are very worried about industrial espionage.
大型电脑公司很担心业内的间谍活动。 - Two members of the embassy staff had been expelled for espionage.
大使馆两名成员因从事间谍活动被驱逐出境了。 - espionage on behalf of foreign states
为外国服务的间谍活动 - evidence of espionage activities in Australia
在澳大利亚进行间谍活动的证据 - one of the most important espionage cases of the 20th century
20 世纪最重要的间谍案之一 - the shadowy world of espionage
鲜为人知的间谍界
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- corporate
- economic
- industrial
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- be engaged in
- be involved in
- conduct
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- activity
- operations
- case
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- espionage against
- espionage on behalf of
- the world of espionage
词源late 18th cent.: from French espionnage, from espionner ‘to spy’, from espion ‘a spy’. - Some of the commercial activities were a cover for espionage.