英语词汇“espionage”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

es•pi•o•nage n. [uncountable]

the act or practice of spying, as by one government or corporation against another.

es•pi•o•nage n.

the act or practice of spying.
the use of spies by a government to discover the military and political secrets of other nations.
the use of spies by a corporation or the like to acquire the plans, technical knowledge, etc., of a competitor:industrial espionage.

Gmc; akin to German spähen to look out) + -age -age
Italian spione
French espionnage, Middle French espionage, equivalent. to espionn(er) to spy (derivative of espion spy
1785–95

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espionage /ˈɛspɪəˌnɑːʒ; ˌɛspɪəˈnɑːʒ; ˈɛspɪənɪdʒ/ n

the systematic use of spies to obtain secret information, esp by governments to discover military or political secrets
the act or practice of spying

Etymology: 18th Century: from French espionnage, from espionner to spy, from espion spy, from Old Italian spione, of Germanic origin; compare German spähen to spy

单词	espionage
释义	WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024 es•pi•o•nage /ˈɛspiəˌnɑʒ, -nɪdʒ/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] the act or practice of spying, as by one government or corporation against another. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024 es•pi•o•nage (es′pē ə näzh′, -nij, es′pē ə näzh′),USA pronunciation n. the act or practice of spying. the use of spies by a government to discover the military and political secrets of other nations. the use of spies by a corporation or the like to acquire the plans, technical knowledge, etc., of a competitor:industrial espionage. Gmc; akin to German spähen to look out) + -age -age Italian spione French espionnage, Middle French espionage, equivalent. to espionn(er) to spy (derivative of espion spy 1785–95 Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: espionage /ˈɛspɪəˌnɑːʒ; ˌɛspɪəˈnɑːʒ; ˈɛspɪənɪdʒ/ n the systematic use of spies to obtain secret information, esp by governments to discover military or political secrets the act or practice of spying Etymology: 18th Century: from French espionnage, from espionner to spy, from espion spy, from Old Italian spione, of Germanic origin; compare German spähen to spy
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