1N-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. (警队或私人)侦探
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。
She hired a private detective in an attempt to find her daughter.
2N-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. (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
...Detective Inspector Ian Mosley.
伊恩·莫斯利探长
..Detective Nardosa of the New York City Police Department.
纽约市警察局的纳尔多萨警探
3ADJ [ADJ n](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. (小说或故事)侦探的,破案的
4PHRASE 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. 调查;探究
Despite careful detective work, many items have never been recovered.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + DETECTIVE | DETECTIVE + VERB | DETECTIVE + NOUNADJECTIVE➤private私人偵探◇She hired a private detective to follow her husband.她雇了個私人偵探跟踪丈夫。➤undercover卧底偵探▸➤store商店保安◇The store detective was keeping a close eye on a suspected shoplifter.商店的保安正嚴密監視一個可疑的商店扒手。➤police警探➤amateur業餘偵探➤fictional小說中虛構的偵探◇Sherlock Holmes was Conan Doyle's fictional detective.歇洛克・福爾摩斯是柯南・道爾筆下虛構的偵探。➤homicide (NAmE) 兇殺案偵探➤hard-boiled鐵面無私的偵探➤lead (NAmE) 探長◇Thomson was the lead detective in the Ramsay case.湯姆森是調查拉姆齊案件的探長。VERB + DETECTIVE➤hire雇用偵探DETECTIVE + VERB➤investigate sth偵探調查◇detectives investigating the case調查此案的偵探DETECTIVE + NOUN➤agency偵探社▸➤work偵查工作◇We are going to have to do some detective work on this.我們將不得不就此事進行調查偵辦。➤fiction, novel, series, show, story偵探小說;偵探劇;偵探故事➤hero偵探英雄