detectives

英 [dɪˈtɛktɪvz]

美 [dɪˈtɛktɪvz]

n.  侦探; 警探; 私人侦探
detective的复数

柯林斯词典

• 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。

双语例句

• Now I understand what happened to those other detectives.
  现在我明白其他侦探发生什么了。
• And I saw some detectives taking him away.
  我看到一些侦探把他带走了。
• Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.
  追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。
• Detectives followed him for months hoping to catch him out in some deception
  侦探们跟踪了他几个月，希望能当场抓住他行骗。
• I'm representing all four of these detectives.
  我现在是这四位探员的代表律师。
• Suddenly the door opened and the two detectives came in.
  突然门开了，两名侦探走了进来。
• A week later we talked to the detectives, and they told us about that night.
  一周之后，我们同警员谈话，他们告诉了我们那晚所发生的事。
• 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。
• Fraud detectives are investigating the company, three of whose senior executives have already been arrested.
  行为欺诈调查侦探正在对这个公司进行调查，其3名高级管理人员已经被捕。
• The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning.
  飞机晚点了，侦探们在机场等了整整一个上午。