【listen音标】 英[ˈlɪsn] 美[ˈlɪsn]
【单词释义】 listen是什么意思：
vi.听；倾听；留心听；听信；（让对方注意）听着
n.听，倾听
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] listens [第三人称单数] listens
[单词现在分词] listening
[单词过去式] listened
[单词过去分词] listened
【关联词/派生词】
listener n.听众，倾听者，收听广播节目的人
【listen形近词/近似词】
chasten vt.使内疚；使懊悔
glisten vi.闪光，闪耀，闪亮 n.闪光，闪耀
hasten v.加速；使加紧；使加快；赶紧，赶快
moisten v.（使）变得潮湿，（使）变得湿润
fasten vt.系牢；使坚固
【近义词解析】
◇ 听
hear (v. 听到，听见)：指声音进入耳内，侧重于听的能力和结果，但不含注意之意。
listen (v. 听)：指有意识地倾听，强调行为的过程。Are you listening?
overhear ([六级/考研]v. 无意中听到)：多指在他人不注意或不知道的情况下偶然听到谈话的内容。
【单词例句】
◇ The stepmother brought with her two daughters. Cinderella was happy to have a new stepmother and stepsisters. However, it wasn't for long, for Father soon had to leave on a far away trip. "Pretty Cinderella, listen to your stepmother and stepsisters." Cinderella promised her father that she would.
继母带着两个女儿嫁了过来。灰姑娘有了继母和姐妹感到很高兴。然而，好景不长，父亲不久后将要离开去一个很远的地方。“美丽的灰姑娘，乖乖地听你继母和姐妹的话。”灰姑娘答应了父亲。
---- Cinderella
◇ But the mint stood silent and stiff, as she listened to him. At last she said,"Friendship, if you please; nothing more. I am old, and you are old, but we may live for each other just the same; as to marrying —— no; don't let us appear ridiculous at our age."
薄荷端端正正地站着，一声不响。最后她说：“交朋友是可以的，但是别的事情都谈不上。我老了，你也老了，我们可以彼此照顾，但是结婚 —— 那可不成！像我们这样大的年纪，不要自己开自己的玩笑吧！”
---- The Butterfly
◇ But the young princess would not listen to the frog's croaking. She ran to the palace as fast as she could, and soon forgot the poor frog. So the frog returned to the fountain and remained there.
但是这位年轻的公主根本不理青蛙的叫声。她尽快地跑回皇宫，不久就把那可怜的青蛙忘记了。于是青蛙返回喷水池旁并待在那儿。
---- The Frog Prince
◇ Then the young man said, "I am not afraid. I will go there and see the beautiful Little Brier-Rose."However much the good old man tried to dissuade him, the prince would not listen to his words.
听了这些，这位王子说：“所有这些都吓不倒我，我要看玫瑰公主去！”老人劝他不要去试，可他却坚持要去。
---- Little Brier-Rose
◇ She sat still and listened when the clergyman read the Bible in the evenings.
晚间，当牧师在高声地朗读《圣经》的时候，她就静静地坐下来听。
---- The Red Shoes
◇ The old minister listened attentively to their words, in order that he might repeat them to the Emperor; and then the knaves asked for more silk and gold, saying that it was necessary to complete what they had begun.
这位老大臣注意地听着，以便回到皇帝那里去时，可以照样背得出来。事实上他也就这样办了。
◇ That's the main conclusion of an experiment on British workers that found listening to classical music at work can improve productivity by 15%.
一项针对英国员工的实验得出结论，在工作时听古典音乐可以让效率提高15%。
---- Listening to classical music at work boosts productivity
◇ I suggested that they should stay at "bed and breakfast" houses, because this kind of accommodation gives a foreign visitor a good chance to speak English with the family. My friends listened to my advice, but they came back with some funny stories.
我建议他们应该住在“住宿加早餐”的房子里，因为这种住宿方式给了外国游客一个与家人说英语的好机会。我的朋友们听了我的建议，但他们回来时讲了一些有趣的故事。
---- The difference between vacaciones and holidays
◇ I want a wife who will not bother me with rambling complaints about a wife's duties. But I want a wife who will listen to me when I feel the need to explain a rather difficult point I have come across in my course of studies. And I want a wife who type my papers for me when I have written them.
我想要个妻，她不得对我唠唠叨叨，抱怨不已。而我学习上遇到困难时向她述说，她可得听，我写的论文还待她来誊清。
---- I Want a Wife
◇ The girl was listening from behind the door, and when she heard this wish she came forth. Then the ravens were restored to their human forms again. They hugged and kissed one another, and went home happily.
小女孩听到这里，马上跑了出来。她一露面，七只乌鸦立即都恢复了他们的人形。他们互相紧紧拥抱，亲吻，一起高高兴兴地回到了他们的爸爸妈妈的身边。
---- The Seven Ravens