词汇精选：overhear的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：
v.
偶然听到，无意中听到；偷听到 [I,T]
例句：
What makes a cell phone conversation that you overhear so distracting?
是什么令无意听到的电话交谈让我们分心？
例句：
I overhear him saying he is going to Japan.
我无意中听到他要去日本。
二、词义辨析：
hear,listen,overhear
这些动词均含“听”之意。hear及物动词，指声音进入耳内，但不含有注意的意味，即，只要听觉正常，声音进入耳内，就能听见。但在祈使句中，hear可指有意识的行为。listen及物动词，指有意识地倾听，强调行为的过程。overhear指偶然听到，无意中听到，也指偷听。
三、参考例句：
I happened to overhear what he said.
我碰巧听到他说的话。
I overhear him saying he is going to Japan.
我无意中听到他要去日本。
I overhear him saying he is going to Japan.
我无意中听到他要去日本。
As she spoke rather loudly we could not help but overhear what she said.
因为她拉开嗓门说话，所以我们不免听到她的话。
What makes a cell phone conversation that you overhear so distracting?
是什么令无意听到的电话交谈让我们分心？
And when you overhear someone having a private conversation in the language you've learnt, you'll secretly smile because you know.
当你不小心听到有人用你学过的外语进行私人谈话时，你会偷着乐，因为你知道他们说了些什么。
