constables

英 [ˈkʌnstəblz]

美 [ˈkɑnstəbəlz]

n.  (英国等国家中最低级别的)警察; 警员; (美国城镇中参与维持秩序、级别低于县治安官的)巡官
constable的复数

柯林斯词典

• See also:He was a constable at Sutton police station....Constable Stuart Clark...Thanks for your help, Constable.Chief Constable
• (美国城镇中参与维持秩序、级别低于县治安官的)巡官
  In the United States, aconstableis an official who helps keep the peace in a town. They are lower in rank than a sheriff.

双语例句

• All newly recruited Constables and Inspectors must attend a27-week and a36-week residential course, respectively, at the Police Training School in Wong Chuk Hang.
  新招募的警员及督察会在黄竹坑警察训练学校参加住宿训练课程，警员的训练课程为期27个星期，而督察的训练课程则为36个星期。
• Escape through the cordon a thousand constables cordoned off the riot area.
  1000名警察组成的警戒线把发生骚乱的地区封锁了起来。
• The Burmese sub-inspector and some Indian constables were waiting for me in the quarter where the elephant had been seen.
  缅甸巡警和几个印度裔巡官在现场恭候我光临呢，据说大象方才在这里露过面。
• Chief constables should be able to make any officer redundant as part of budget cuts, ending the prospect of a job for life, the report said.
  报道还说，警察厅厅长应该让警察裁员成为削减预算的一部分，让他们结束对这个铁饭碗的幻想。
• Sergeant, I want two constables to wash that off.
  警官，叫两个巡警来洗。
• We are at liberty to serve in the army, as police constables, take part in politics or recover debt by legal coercion.
  我们有参军，从警，参与政治或者通过法律途径追讨债务的自由。
• The constables made a desultory attempt to keep them away from the barn.
  警察漫不经心地拦着不让他们靠近谷仓。
• I saw the heavy footmarks of the constables, but I saw also the track of the two men who had first passed through the garden.
  我看到了警察们的沉重的靴印，但是我也看到最初经过花园的那两个人的足迹。
• The chief of police rose to his feet, bowed to us, and then clicked his heels together with such vigour that one of the constables dropped his rifle.
  警察局长站了起来，向我们鞠躬，又喀嚓一声立正。由于他使的劲太大，他手下一名警察吓得把枪也掉到地上了。
• There were also constables appointed to keep the peace.
  城里也有被派来维持治安的基层警员。