listening in

基本解释

I’d come home from ballet and sit at the edge of the living room, hugging our black cat and listening in.
从芭蕾课放学回家的我坐在客厅边上，抱着我们家的黑猫听着大人们说话。
The Fourth Training asks us to practice loving speech and deep listening in order to relieve others of suffering.
第四项训练要求我们，实践充满深情的语言，诚心诚意地倾听，从而减轻他人的痛苦。
She thought she had been listening in class the week before. But apparently the words had bounced right off her ears.
她以为一个星期前自己在课堂上认真听讲，但很显然，这些话只是从她耳边掠过。

He was still sitting up in the bed listening -- just as I have done, night after night.
Right. I would say as I reflect back on my college experiences and those listening in the audience should know, I graduated from college 45 years ago.
的确如此，可以这么说,当我回想我的大学生活的时候,想必听众中有人知道，我45年前就从大学毕业了。
普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选
And I'm going to ask you to think of all of the images here, the figurations of listening and hearing in the mask.
我叫你们想象下这场景，《面具》里听觉和视觉的轮廓。
耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

The suspicious bunch want to know whether or not the government is listening in on their conversations.
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