spy plane

基本解释

The island hit the news in 2001 when a U.S. spy plane made an emergency landing there after colliding with a Chinese fighter jet.
2001年，海南島一度成爲世人矚目的焦點：一架美國偵察機與中國戰鬭機相撞後，在海南島緊急降落。
Perhaps the most famous spy swap involved Francis Gary Powers, a U.S. pilot who had been shot down in a U-2 spy plane over the Soviet Union in 1960.
或許最爲著名的間諜互換事件的案主叫做Francis Gary Powers，1960年這位美國飛行員駕駛的U-2偵察機在囌聯被擊落。
One theory is that it is a spy plane, designed to catch savvy targets that know how to go to ground when spy satellites—which have predictable orbits—are overhead.
這些精明的目標發現間諜衛星（有可預見的軌道）位臨上空時，能夠知道如何隱蔽自己。

In 2001, Mr Powell urged caution when China forced down an American spy plane in Chinese airspace.
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This recalled the confusion in 2001 after an American spy plane had collided with a Chinese fighter.
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