listening

listening — verb

1. to make a conscious effort to hear a person's voice, music, or other sounds, giv

1.動詞不及物A1
釋義

to make a conscious effort to hear a person's voice, music, or other sounds, giving them your full attention so you can understand or enjoy them

例句

The librarian asked the children to stop talking and listen to the story.

pattern: stop + verb-ing, and + listen + to + noun

Jisoo put down her phone and listened carefully to what her mother was saying.

listen + carefully + to + wh-clause

同義詞
  • hear

    Hearing can happen without any effort on your part (e.g., hearing traffic outside). Listening always involves a conscious choice to pay attention.

  • pay attention (to)

    Broader than listen — you can pay attention to a visual demonstration or a text, not just sounds.

反義詞
  • ignore

    To ignore is to deliberately not listen or pay attention to someone or something.

  • tune out

    Informal; to stop listening on purpose, especially when bored or distracted.

文法句型

listen + to + noun / pronoun

listen + for + noun phrase

listen + to + noun + verb-ing

listening + to + noun (gerund as subject)

用法筆記

Unlike 'hear,' which can happen without effort, 'listen' always requires deliberate attention. When mentioning the thing being heard, the preposition 'to' is required: 'listen to music', not 'listen music'. The structure 'listen for' is used when you are waiting to catch an expected sound, such as a doorbell or a baby's cry.

常見錯誤

❌I listened music all night while studying.
✅I listened to music all night while studying.
💡The preposition 'to' must follow 'listen' when the thing being heard is named.
❌Please listen me carefully.
✅Please listen to me carefully.
💡'Listen' is intransitive and cannot take a direct object; it needs 'to' before a pronoun.