美国的“窃听”风云传统.

　　Anger over Washington&aposs extensive eavesdropping on world leaders and ordinary citizens has shown no signs of abating, as observers say using anti-terrorism as an excuse for pervasive surveillance is "hypocritical and abused".

　　针对华盛顿方面大面积监听世界各地领导人及普通民众行为的怒气并未有消散的迹象，观察人士表示，用反恐作为大面积监控的借口是“虚伪的，同时也是在滥用权力”。

　　这里的eavesdrop指to listen secretly what other people are saying(偷听别人说话，窃听)，常用的搭配就是eavesdrop on somebody;与其意思相近的表达还有listen in，如：Someone was listening in on our conversation.(有人在偷听我们谈话)

　　与此相关的报道中还可以见到intercept和wiretap两个词。

　　Intercept指to stop and take someone or something that is going from on place to another place bore that person or thing gets there，即“拦截，截取”，如：Detectives have been intercepting her mail.(侦查人员一直在拦截她的邮件)

　　US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper attends a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday.

　　Wiretap则指“窃听器”或者“在电话中安装窃听器以实施窃听”，及“电话窃听”，如：The FBI wiretapped his phone.(联邦调查局窃听了他的电话)口语中还常用bug一词来表示“窃听”，如：The police bugged his apartment.(警察对他家实施窃听)。

　　这三个词的区别是，在eavesdrop和wiretap的情况下，信息是在对话双方不知情的情况下被秘密获取的，双方对话交流并不受影响;而在intercept的情况下，信息是中途被拦截，并不能按照发出的要求到达指定接收者。