detective

英 [dɪ'tektɪv] 美 [dɪ'tektɪv]

• n. 侦探
• adj. 侦探的

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]侦探

   a person whose job is to find out a crime

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 侦探，密探
2. 警探
3. 私家侦探
4. 警察，刑警

adj. 形容词

1. 侦探的
2. 侦查用的
3. 探测用的
4. 检波的
5. 探测的
6. 发现的，发觉的，察觉的，侦查的
7. 侦探工作的，侦探用的

英英释义

Noun:

1. a police officer who investigates crimes

2. an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The detective laid great stress on details.
   侦探特别强调细节。
2. The detective was trying to ascertain exactly who was at the party.
   这个侦探试图查明都有谁参加了聚会。
3. The detective thought the stick was relative to the murder case.
   侦探认为这根木棒和谋杀案有牵连。
4. The detective tried to reason out how the thief had escaped.
   这个侦探反复琢磨想弄明白那个窃贼是怎样逃跑的。
5. The company hired a detective to investigate the accident.
   公司雇佣了一名侦探来调查这次事故。
6. The detective posed as a mourner at the victim's funeral.
   那侦探佯装成吊唁者参加了受害人的葬礼。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. She read detective stories as an escape.
   她看侦探小说解闷。
2. The detective film is very interesting.
   这部侦探电影非常有趣。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The detectives are digging into this whole business.
   侦探们彻底地调查了整个事件。
2. Sherlock Holmes is a famous detective in stories.
   故事中的福尔摩斯是著名的侦探。
3. The author of this detective story has designed a fantastic plot to the readers.
   这部侦探小说的作者为读者设计了一个离奇的情节。

经典引文

• Vexed by the detective wisdom of critics.

  出自： George Eliot

• Divorces and executions and the detective operations that lead up to them.

  出自： G. B. Shaw

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• employ〔hire〕 a detective 雇用一名侦探

形容词+～

• clever〔bright〕 detective 聪明的侦探
• famous detective 著名的侦探

近反义词

【近义词】

• investigator 调查者
• gumshoe 套靴
• private eye <俚>私家侦探...
• private detective 私人侦探
• dick <俚>家伙
• sleuth <口>侦探
• snoop 窥探者
• private 私人的
• eye 眼睛
• tec 侦探
• police detective 警方侦探