detective

英 [dɪˈtektɪv]

美 [dɪˈtektɪv]

n. 侦探; 警探; 私人侦探

复数：detectives　

Collins.3 / BNC.2906 / COCA.3793

牛津词典

noun

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。

noun

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

I ran into a detective I know last night.
昨晚我碰到了个我认识的警察。
The detective changed his holiday dates when his flight was brought forward and it now clashed with the trial.
由于航班提前，侦探更改了度假日期，但是这样一来就和审判冲突了。
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。
Joan Smith's detective stories are a cut above the rest.
琼·史密斯的侦探小说比其他侦探小说都要出色。
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。
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。
The detective was trying to winkle information out of her.
侦探试图从她那儿套取信息。
That murder was a mystery for a long time, but a clever detective cleared it up.
那次谋杀案长期以来一直是个谜，后来有个机灵的侦探揭开了真相。
I was interested in detective and mystery stories.
我对侦探和神秘故事感兴趣。
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。