| 单词 | espionage |
| 释义 | espionage /es"pee euh nahzh', -nij, es'pee euh nahzh"/, n. 1. the act or practice of spying. 2. the use of spies by a government to discover the military and political secrets of other nations. 3. the use of spies by a corporation or the like to acquire the plans, technical knowledge, etc., of a competitor: industrial espionage. [1785-95; < F espionnage, MF espionage, equiv. to espionn(er) to spy (deriv. of espion spy < It spione < Gmc; akin to G spähen to look out) + -age -AGE] |
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