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[VERB 动词]（注意地）听 If you
listen to someone who is talking or
to a sound, you give your attention to them or it.
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[VERB 动词]留神听；留心听 If you
listen for a sound, you keep alert and are ready to hear it if it occurs.
[V for n]
[V]
[V P for n]
[Also V P]
[BRIT 英]
We listen for footsteps approaching...
我们留神听是不是有脚步声传来。
They're both asleep upstairs, but you don't mind listening just in case of trouble, do you?
他们都在楼上睡着了，但你不介意留神听着点以防万一吧？
- Listen out means the same as listen .listen out同listen
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[VERB 动词]听从；听信 If you
listen to someone, you do what they advise you to do, or you believe them.
Anne, you need to listen to me this time...
安妮，这次你得听我的。
When I asked him to stop, he would not listen.
我叫他停下，可他不听。
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[CONVENTION 惯用语]听着；听我说 You say
listen when you want someone to pay attention to you because you are going to say something important.
Listen, I finish at one.
听我说，我一点钟收工。
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[CONVENTION 惯用语]听我说 You say
listen up when you want someone to listen to what you are going to say.
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[CONVENTION 惯用语]（尤用于生气时）给我听好了 You say
listen here when you are going to say something important to someone, especially when you are angry at what they have done or said.
Usage Note :
Do not confuse listen and hear. If you want to say that someone is paying attention to something they can hear, you say that they are listening to it. He turned on the radio and listened to the news. Note that listen is not followed directly by an object. You must always say that you listen to something. However, listen can also be used on its own without an object. I was laughing too much to listen. You use hear to talk about sounds that you are aware of because they reach your ears. You often use can with hear. I can hear him yelling and swearing.
不要混淆 listen 和 hear。listen to 表示注意听， 如：He turned on the radio and listened to the news（他打开收音机听新闻）。注意listen不能直接跟宾语，只能说listen to something。不过，listen亦可不带宾语单独使用，如：I was laughing too much to listen（我当时笑得太厉害了，根本没听）。hear 用来表示听见已经传到耳朵里的声音。它常与can连用，如：I can hear him yelling and swearing（我能听到他在大叫大骂）。