在偷听

Briony is an imaginative aspiring writer; but in her naive innocence, she can not understand the feelings that Cecilia and Robbie share...even when she eavesdrops on their passionate embrace.

布莱妮是个富有想象力、充满抱负的作家，但是在那个天真幼稚的年龄，即便是在偷听二人谈话、偷看他们激情拥抱时，她也不能理解赛西莉亚和罗比对彼此的感觉。

He whispered to me that there was an eavesdropper outside the window.

他悄声地告诉我窗外有人在偷听。

She has been eavesdropping on her brother and his sweetheart.

她一直在偷听她哥哥和他情人的谈话。

"Look at his smirk. He must have been eavesdropping on our conversation."

你看他的奸笑，他刚刚一定在偷听我们的谈话。

Now, I was eavesdropping, so let me lay this thing out neat.

现在，我在偷听，让我把这事情整完

Jane︰If we do, then they'll know we were eavesdropping.

阿珍︰如果这么做的话，他们就会知道我们在偷听。

She must have been eavesdropping on your conversation.

她准是总在偷听你们的谈话。

I wasn't eavesdropping.

我并没有在偷听。

I don't want somebody lurking about when we're talking.

我不想在我们在谈话的时候，有人在偷听。

After one wild attempt we made to meet at night in her garden, the only privacy we were allowed was to be out of earshot but not out of sight on the populous part of the plage.

在一次疯狂的尝试夜晚在她家后院密会失败后，我们仅有的隐私就剩下限定在人群众多的海滨谈话，可以不被偷听，但是会被监视。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。