detective
英 [d?'tekt?v]
美[d?'t?kt?v]
- adj. 偵探的
- n. 偵探
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?detectives;
中文詞源
detective 偵探
來(lái)自detect,查明，偵查。
英文詞源
- detective (n.)
- 1850, short for detective police, from detective (adj.), 1843; see detect + -ive.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. "Once a detective, always a detective," he said lightly.
- “一日為偵探，終生為偵探，”他滿(mǎn)不在意地說(shuō)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. I don't have to be a detective to figure that out.
- 我不是偵探也想得出。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. Joan Smith's detective stories are a cut above the rest.
- 瓊·史密斯的偵探小說(shuō)比其他偵探小說(shuō)都要出色。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. Despite careful detective work, many items have never been recovered.
- 盡管進(jìn)行了悉心探查，許多物品還是一直沒(méi)有找回。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. The detective was trying to winkle information out of her.
- 偵探試圖從她那兒套取信息。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句