spooks

英 [spuːks]

美 [spuːks]

n.  鬼; 间谍; 特工
v.  吓; 惊吓; 受惊
spook的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• 鬼魂;幽灵
  Aspookis a ghost.
• N-COUNT 间谍
  Aspookis a spy.
  1. ...as a US intelligence spook said yesterday.
     据昨天一位美国情报员所说…
• VERB 使受到惊吓;使神经紧张
  If peopleare spooked, something has scared them or made them nervous.
  1. But was it the wind that spooked her?...
     但会是风吓到她了吗？
  2. Investors were spooked by slowing economies.
     经济增长速度的放慢让投资者神经紧张。

双语例句

• China in particular spooks America-and may do so even more over the next few weeks of Olympic medal-gathering.
  特别地，中国让美国人大跌眼镜–而且会在接下来几周中在对奥运金牌的追逐中更加如此。
• I believe there're spooks around here.
  我相信有幽灵在附近。
• Both also turned to private firms, such as Blackwater, that joined the chase for lucrative contracts by hiring former spooks and special-forces types.
  双方都会求助于私人公司，比如黑水，雇佣前间谍或特种部队之类的人手来竞争利润丰厚的合同。
• The spooks call it "open source intelligence" and as the Net grows, it is becoming increasingly influential.
  随着互联网的发展，该行业的影响也日渐壮大。
• What spooks me is the likely austerity pursued even in a moderated form over longer periods.
  我担心的是，紧缩措施可能以温和方式延续更长时间。
• Even top secret spooks get paid.
  就是最高级的间谍也得领工资。
• But there is another area where the activities of American cyber spooks have created unexpected fallout: in financial exchanges and market data groups.
  然而美国网络间谍的活动在另一个领域产生了意想不到的冲击波：金融交易所和市场数据集团。
• If the war began dramatically, with planes crashing into buildings and the Taliban fleeing Afghanistan, it is now mostly underground& waged by terrorists, spooks, paramilitaries and G-men.
  如果说战争开始时颇具戏剧性，如飞机撞入高楼、塔利班逃离阿富汗，那么现在战争主要在地下进行――参与作战的是恐怖主义分子、间谍、准军事部队成员以及联邦调查局人员。
• Some say he's been at sea too long, that he spooks easily.
  有的说他在海上太久了，就像个幽灵一样灵活。
• The film was dreadful& all spooks and vampires.
  这部影片很可怕&全是幽灵和吸血鬼。