detective

美 [dɪˈtektɪv]英 [dɪˈtektɪv]
  • n.侦探;警探;私人侦探
  • adj.侦查(用)的

复数: detectives

detect 侦查,发现 + -ive 人/物

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noun

1

侦探;警探
a person, especially a police officer, whose job is to examine crimes and catch criminals

Detective Inspector (Roger) Brown

(罗杰∙)布朗探长

detectives from the anti-terrorist squad

反恐怖主义小组的侦探

a detective story/novel

侦探故事 / 小说

2

私人侦探
a person employed by sb to find out information about sb/sth

detective

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT (警队或私人)侦探
    A detective is someone whose job is to discover what has happened in a crime or other situation and to find the people involved. Some detectives work in the police force and others work privately.

    Detectives are appealing for witnesses who may have seen anything suspicious...

    探员呼吁看到任何可疑情况的人进行举报。

  • 2
    N-TITLE; N-VOC (用于警察头衔)(英国英语中常用于 constable,sergeant 等词前)侦探,(美国英语中单独使用)警探
    In Britain 'detective' is used before words such as 'constable' or 'sergeant', and in the U.S. the word 'detective' is used on its own, to indicate that a police officer is a member of the department concerned with investigating crimes.

    ...Detective Inspector Ian Mosley.

    伊恩·莫斯利探长

  • 3
    ADJ (小说或故事)侦探的,破案的
    A detective novel or story is one in which a detective tries to solve a crime.

  • 4
    PHRASE 调查;探究
    If you do some detective work, you do something to find out more about a subject or situation that puzzles you.

    Despite careful detective work, many items have never been recovered.

    尽管进行了悉心探查,许多物品还是一直没有找回。

noun

1
a police officer who investigates crimes
Synonym: investigator tec police detective
2
an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public

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  1. A private detective had been tailing them for several weeks .

    私人侦探几个星期来一直在跟踪他们。

  2. It was a cunning piece of detective work .

    那是一篇构思巧妙的侦探作品。

  3. Detectives carried out a thorough search of the building .

    侦探对那栋大楼进行了彻底的搜查。

  4. Detectives are now faced with the task of identifying the body .

    侦探现在面临辨认尸体这项任务。

  5. Detectives are so far at a loss to explain the reason for his death .

    至今侦探仍茫然无法解释他的死因。

  6. Detectives found no marks on the body .

    侦探没有在尸体上发现任何痕迹。

  7. Detectives have linked the break-in to a similar crime in the area last year .

    侦探认为这起入室盗窃案与去年此地区一类似案件有关。

  8. Detectives have spent months gathering evidence .

    侦探们花了数月时间搜集证据。

  9. Detectives have spent months gathering evidence .

    侦探花了数月时间搜集证据。

  10. Detectives are hunting for thieves who broke into a warehouse yesterday .

    侦探正在追踪昨天盗窃仓库的窃贼。

  11. She ran out of the shop , hotly pursued by the store detective .

    她冲出商店,商店侦探在后面猛追。

  12. Detectives are trying to retrace her movements on the night she disappeared .

    侦探试图查出她失踪当晚的行踪。

  13. You 're a suspect , not a detective , and don 't you forget it .

    你是嫌疑犯,不是侦探,给我记住了。

  14. Detectives described the burglary as ‘ crude and amateurish ’ .

    侦探称这次夜盗是拙劣的生手干的。

  15. He plays a wisecracking detective .

    他扮演一位满嘴俏皮话的侦探。

  16. Despite careful detective work , many items have never been recovered .

    尽管进行了悉心探查,许多物品还是一直没有找回。

  17. The woman detective shifted her stance from one foot to another .

    女侦探改变了站姿,把重心从一只脚移到另一只脚。

  18. I 'll level with you . I 'm no great detective . I 've no training or anything

    实话告诉你吧,我根本不是什么大侦探。我没有受过任何训练。

  19. Detective Nardosa of the New York City Police Department .

    纽约市警察局的纳尔多萨警探

  20. The detective was trying to winkle information out of her .

    侦探试图从她那儿套取信息。

  21. Detectives are appealing for witnesses who may have seen anything suspicious

    探员呼吁看到任何可疑情况的人进行举报。

  22. Detectives threw aside professional training and caution , and looked for a different explanation

    侦探们将受过的专业训练和小心谨慎抛之脑后,开始寻求另一种解释。

  23. Joan Smith 's detective stories are a cut above the rest .

    琼·史密斯的侦探小说比其他侦探小说都要出色。

  24. He buried himself in his detective story again .

    他又沉浸在他的侦探故事里了。

  25. I don 't have to be a detective to figure that out .

    我不是侦探也想得出。

  26. Detectives followed him for months hoping to catch him out in some deception

    侦探们跟踪了他几个月,希望能当场抓住他行骗。

  27. He left a note at the scene of the crime , challenging detectives to catch him

    他在犯罪现场留了个条儿,向警探挑衅。

  28. Local detectives have ruled out foul play .

    当地的侦探已经排除了他杀的可能性。

  29. Detectives are still searching for those who violated the graveyard .

    侦探们仍在搜捕那些亵渎了墓园的家伙。

  30. I 'm no great shakes as a detective

    作为一名侦探我并不出色。

前缀
e-侦查,发现

detection n. 侦查

detect 侦查,发现 + -ion 名词后缀

后缀
e-人/物

native adj. 出生地的

nat 出生,诞生 + -ive 人/物

captive n. 俘虏

capt 抓住,获取 + -ive 人/物

explosive adj. 爆炸的

ex- 出,出去 + plos 打,击 + -ive 人/物

motive n. 动机

mot 运动,移动 + -ive 人/物

objective adj. 客观的

object n.物体 + -ive 人/物