detective

英 [dɪˈtektɪv]

美 [dɪˈtektɪv]

n.  侦探; 警探; 私人侦探

复数：detectives　

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牛津词典

noun

• 侦探；警探
  a person, especially a police officer, whose job is to examine crimes and catch criminals
  1. Detective Inspector (Roger) Brown
     （罗杰∙）布朗探长
  2. detectives from the anti-terrorist squad
     反恐怖主义小组的侦探
  3. a detective story/novel
     侦探故事 / 小说
• 私人侦探
  a person employed by sb to find out information about sb/sth

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （警队或私人）侦探
  Adetectiveis 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.
  1. 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. She hired a private detective in an attempt to find her daughter.
     她雇了一名私人侦探，试图找到自己的女儿。
• 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.
  1. ...Detective Inspector Ian Mosley.
     伊恩·莫斯利探长
  2. ..Detective Nardosa of the New York City Police Department.
     纽约市警察局的纳尔多萨警探
• (小说或故事)侦探的，破案的
  Adetectivenovel or story is one in which a detective tries to solve a crime.
• PHRASE 调查;探究
  If you do somedetective work, you do something to find out more about a subject or situation that puzzles you.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

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

双语例句

• The detective gives a false colour to this whole business.
  这个侦探彻底地歪曲了整个事件。
• I'm no great shakes as a detective
  作为一名侦探我并不出色。
• 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。
• Detective Holt said: 'The kidnapper is a man we must catch and the sooner the better'.
  霍尔特侦探说：“绑架者是一名男子，我们必须抓住他，越快越好。”
• One was a detective, the other invented radar.
  一个是侦探家，另一个发明了雷达。
• The detective has to discover the motive, the means and the opportunity and has to keep these three balls in the air.
  那名侦探必须查明动机、手段和时机，而且对这三项的调查必须同步展开。
• Detective Nardosa of the New York City Police Department.
  纽约市警察局的纳尔多萨警探
• When Paul made the crack about the 'famous girl detective', I began to suspect that he had it in for you.
  当保罗挖苦你是“著名的女侦探”时，我开始怀疑他是不是故意刁难你。
• Sherlock Holmes is a famous detective in stories.
  故事中的福尔摩斯是著名的侦探。
• She's the author of three detective novels under the moniker of Janet Neel.
  她是3本署名为珍妮特·尼尔的侦探小说的作者。