spy out the land
基本解释
- 窥测方向
英汉例句
- are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
他的臣仆来见你不是为详察窥探,倾覆这地吗。 - These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
这就是摩西所打发,窥探那地之人的名字。摩西就称嫩的儿子何希阿为约书亚。 - NASB:When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he said to them, "Go up there into the Negev; then go up into the hill country."
吕震中本:摩西打发他们去窥探迦南地,对他们说∶「你们 这就是从 这里取道南地上去,直上山地。
双语例句
英英字典
- If you spy out the land, you try to get knowledge of something before you do something.