英语词汇“the eyes and ears of”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(b) (to be) the eyes and ears of and variants: (to be) the person (or group of people) who observes or gathers information on behalf of another person, organization, etc., esp. in a clandestine or covert manner. Also occasionally in extended use. Cf. sense 6b.

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1563 L. Humphrey Nobles or of Nobilitye i. sig. a.ii^v They, be both the eyes, and eares of prynces.

1586 T. Bowes in tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 676 (margin) Counsellors are the eies & eares of a Prince.

1628 tr. P. Matthieu Powerfull Favorite 116 Tiberius..could not heare nor see any thing but through Seianus, who alone was his eyes and his eares.

1685 J. Norris in F. Digby & J. Norris tr. Xenophon Kyrou Paideia viii. 144 Cyrus made sure to himself those who are call'd the Eyes and the Ears of the King no other way then by obliging them with Gifts and Honours.

1788 E. Gibbon Hist. Decline & Fall Rom. Empire VIII. xlvi. 161 The faithful agents, the eyes and ears of the king, informed him of the progress of disorder.

1834 Albion 26 Sept. 1/5 The Privy Councillors and Ministers of the day, the men who are the eyes and ears of Government, were generally those who had been rebels or United Irishmen.

1863 Charleston (S. Carolina) Mercury 19 Mar. 1/2 The cavalry constitute the eyes and ears of the army.

1941 Washington Post 6 Sept. 8/2 The patrols have a triple job on their hands—to act as eyes and ears for the British navy, to protect the supplies which our factories are turning out..[etc.]

1996 J. T. Hospital Oyster (1997) 357 ‘What's wrong with Quilpie?’ ‘Spies,’ he says. ‘Sniffers. Bernie's eyes and ears, Bernie's little hirelings.’

2013 S. Merill Passionate Mom 17 I ask them to be my eyes and ears, to share with me any information about my child that they think I need to know.

单词	the eyes and ears of
释义	> as lemmas (to be) the eyes and ears of (b) (to be) the eyes and ears of and variants: (to be) the person (or group of people) who observes or gathers information on behalf of another person, organization, etc., esp. in a clandestine or covert manner. Also occasionally in extended use. Cf. sense 6b. ΚΠ 1563 L. Humphrey Nobles or of Nobilitye i. sig. a.ii^v They, be both the eyes, and eares of prynces. 1586 T. Bowes in tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 676 (margin) Counsellors are the eies & eares of a Prince. 1628 tr. P. Matthieu Powerfull Favorite 116 Tiberius..could not heare nor see any thing but through Seianus, who alone was his eyes and his eares. 1685 J. Norris in F. Digby & J. Norris tr. Xenophon Kyrou Paideia viii. 144 Cyrus made sure to himself those who are call'd the Eyes and the Ears of the King no other way then by obliging them with Gifts and Honours. 1788 E. Gibbon Hist. Decline & Fall Rom. Empire VIII. xlvi. 161 The faithful agents, the eyes and ears of the king, informed him of the progress of disorder. 1834 Albion 26 Sept. 1/5 The Privy Councillors and Ministers of the day, the men who are the eyes and ears of Government, were generally those who had been rebels or United Irishmen. 1863 Charleston (S. Carolina) Mercury 19 Mar. 1/2 The cavalry constitute the eyes and ears of the army. 1941 Washington Post 6 Sept. 8/2 The patrols have a triple job on their hands—to act as eyes and ears for the British navy, to protect the supplies which our factories are turning out..[etc.] 1996 J. T. Hospital Oyster (1997) 357 ‘What's wrong with Quilpie?’ ‘Spies,’ he says. ‘Sniffers. Bernie's eyes and ears, Bernie's little hirelings.’ 2013 S. Merill Passionate Mom 17 I ask them to be my eyes and ears, to share with me any information about my child that they think I need to know. extracted from eyen.¹ < as lemmas
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