detective
n. 偵探; 警探
adj. 偵探的; 破案的
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...
探員呼籲看到任何可疑情況的人進行舉報。
She hired a private detective in an attempt to find her daughter.
她僱了一名私人偵探,試圖找到自己的女兒。
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·莫斯利探長
..Detective Nardosa of the New York City Police Department.
紐約市警察局的納爾多薩警探
A detective novel or story is one in which a detective tries to solve a crime.
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.
儘管進行了悉心探查,許多物品還是一直沒有找回。
1. a police officer who investigates crimes
2. an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public
The detective lays great stress on details.
這位偵探非常重視細節問題.
The detective tried to pin the murder on the accused man.
那偵探企圖把殺人的罪名加在那個被告的身上.
The store detective was keeping a close eye on a suspected shoplifter.
商店的保安當時正嚴密監視一個可疑的商店扒手.
The detective gives a false colour to this whole business.
這個偵探徹底地歪曲了整個事件.
One day there were fewer people in the shop than usual when the woman came in, so it was easier for the detective to watch her.
有一天,當那個婦女進來時,該店裡的人比通常少一些, 所以偵探比較容易監視她.