hear

verb

1. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally

e.g. I learned that she has two grown-up children
I see that you have been promoted

Synonym: learnget wordget windpick upfind outget a linediscoversee

2. receive a communication from someone

e.g. We heard nothing from our son for five years

3. perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

4. listen and pay attention

e.g. Listen to your father
We must hear the expert before we make a decision

Synonym: listentake heed

5. examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process

e.g. The jury had heard all the evidence
The case will be tried in California

Synonym: try

1. 听见;听到
When you hear a sound, you become aware of it through your ears.

e.g. She heard no further sounds...
她再没有听到别的声音了。
e.g. The trumpet can be heard all over their house...
喇叭声整栋房子都能听见。

2. 听，聆听（演讲、音乐等）
If you hear something such as a lecture or a piece of music, you listen to it.

e.g. You can hear commentary on the match in about half an hour's time...
大约半小时后就能听到这场比赛的解说了。
e.g. I don't think you've ever heard Doris talking about her emotional life before...
我想你以前从未听过多丽丝谈自己的感情生活。

3. 脑际响起
If you say that you can hear someone saying something, you mean that you are able to imagine hearing it.

e.g. Can't you just hear John Motson now?...
你脑海里现在没有响起约翰·莫特森的声音吗？
e.g. 'I was hot,' I could still hear Charlotte say with her delicious French accent.
“我很热，”夏洛特那带有甜美法国口音的话语仍在我的脑际盘旋。

4. （法官或法庭）审理（案件），听取（证词）
When a judge or a court of law hears a case, or evidence in a case, they listen to it officially in order to make a decision about it.

e.g. The jury have heard evidence from defence witnesses...
陪审团已经听取了辩方证人的证词。
e.g. He had to wait months before his case was heard.
等了数月后，他的案子才得到审理。

5. 接到…的信（或电话）
If you hear from someone, you receive a letter or telephone call from them.

hear的意思

e.g. Drop us a line, it's always great to hear from you...
给我们写封短信，能收到你的信总是让人很高兴。
e.g. The police are anxious to hear from anyone who may know her.
警方急切地希望任何可能认识她的人打电话来。

6. （辩论或讨论中）倾听（意见或情况）
In a debate or discussion, if you hear from someone, you listen to them giving their opinion or information.

e.g. What are you hearing from people there?
你在那里都听到人们说了些什么？

7. 听说;得知;了解到
If you hear some news or information about something, you find out about it by someone telling you, or from the radio or television.

e.g. My mother heard of this school through Leslie...
我母亲是从莱斯利那里知道这所学校的。
e.g. ...the rumours I've been hearing about for years...
多年来我一直听说的一些谣言

8. 听说（过…）;（对…）有一点了解
If you have heard of something or someone, you know about them, but not in great detail.

e.g. Many people haven't heard of reflexology.
很多人没听说过反射学。
e.g. ...people who, maybe, had hardly heard the word till a year or two ago.
那些可能直到一两年前才听说这个词的人们

Do not confuse hear and 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. 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.
不要混淆 hear 和 listen。hear 表示听见已经传到耳朵里的声音，经常与 can 连用。如：I can hear him yelling and swearing（我能听见他在大叫大骂）。短语 listen to 表示认真仔细地听，如：He turned on the radio and listened to the news（他打开收音机收听新闻）。要注意，listen 后面不能直接跟宾语，中间必须加介词 to。但 listen 也可单独使用，后面不跟宾语，如：I was laughing too much to listen（我当时笑得太厉害，根本没在听）。

9. 已经知道;早就听说过
If you say that you have heard something before, you mean that you are not interested in it, or do not believe it, or are not surprised about it, because you already know about it or have experienced it.

e.g. Furness shrugs wearily. He has heard it all before...
弗内斯疲倦地耸了耸肩。这事他早就全知道了。
e.g. 'How many times have I heard that before?' Merchant complained angrily.
“我听过有多少次了？”麦钱特生气地抱怨道。

10. “听见没有？”“你听到我的话了吗？”（要求对方注意听自己的话）
If you say 'Do you hear?' or 'Did you hear me?' to someone, you are telling them in an angry or forceful way to pay attention to what you are saying.

hear是什么意思

e.g. If you don't get out I'll call the police. Do you hear?...
如果你不出去，我就要报警了。听见没有？
e.g. Leave her alone! Do you hear me?
别惹她！听见了吗？

11. 说得对！说得好！（政治辩论或公众大会上对讲话人表示赞同的喝彩声）
During political debates and public meetings, people sometimes say 'Hear hear!' to express their agreement with what the speaker is saying.

12. 太吵了;吵死人了
If you say that you can't hear yourself think, you are complaining and emphasizing that there is a lot of noise, and that it is disturbing you or preventing you from doing something.

e.g. For God's sake shut up. I can't hear myself think!...
看在老天爷的份上，闭嘴吧。吵死我了！
e.g. If you're sitting in the front yard, you can't hear yourself think because the traffic is getting very, very bad.
如果你坐在前院，就会被吵死，因为外面交通太混乱了。

13. 不同意;不允许
If you say that you won't hear of someone doing something, you mean that you refuse to let them do it.

e.g. I've always wanted to be an actor but Dad wouldn't hear of it...
我一直想当个演员，但爸爸不同意。
e.g. He even thought about moving from the village. But his friends wouldn't hear of it.
他甚至考虑要从村子里搬出去。但他的朋友们不答应。

14. you could have heard a pin drop -> see pin

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