detective是什么意思？

detective

英[dɪˈtektɪv] 美[dɪˈtɛktɪv]

• adj. 侦探的，适于探测的，用于探测的；
• n. 侦探；

复数：detectives;

例句

• The store detective was keeping a close eye on a suspected shoplifter. 商店的保安当时正严密监视一个可疑的商店扒手。
• The detective stubbornly persisted with his questions. 侦探执意继续问他的问题。
• He’s one of the scriptwrit-ers on a popular TV detective series. 他是一部受欢迎的侦探电视系列片的编剧之一。
• The store detective had his eye on a group of boys who were acting suspiciously. 商店侦探留意着一群行为可疑的男孩子。
• a detective under suspension from the Metropolitan Police 被伦敦警队停职的警探
• He has a weakness for detective stories. 他特别爱读侦探小说。
• The detective scanned every bit of evidence. 侦探仔细检查了每一样证据。
• The detective followed the suspect for three days. 侦探跟踪嫌疑犯三天了。
• The detective saw him near the pet shop wearing a fluorescent jacket. 这个探员在宠物店附近看到他了,穿着一件明亮的夹克衫.
• The store detective told the shoplifter that the game was up. 该商店侦探告诉冒充顾客进商店行窃的扒手,他已被发现了.

同义词

• n.
  detective的同义词之：侦探
  snoop, private, sleuth, investigator, (P.I.), eye, gumshoe,

英语四级真题

Mysteries and detective stories came second on the list at 53%.
出自-2013年6月听力原文
Mysteries and detective stories
出自-2013年6月听力原文

英语六级真题

Yes, you must, really, if you're writing the classical detective story, because it must be so carefully plotted and so carefully clued.
出自-2010年12月听力原文
What is the key to write a good classical detective story according to the man
出自-2010年12月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• 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.
  例句
  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. 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.
  例句
  ...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
• 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.
• 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.
  例句
  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。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a police officer who investigates crimes
  2. an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public