detective
英 [dɪ'tektɪv]
美[dɪ'tɛktɪv]
- adj. 侦探的
- n. 侦探
词态变化
复数: detectives;
中文词源
detective 侦探
来自detect,查明，侦查。
英文词源
- detective (n.)
- 1850, short for detective police, from detective (adj.), 1843; see detect + -ive.
双语例句
- 1. "Once a detective, always a detective," he said lightly.
- “一日为侦探，终生为侦探，”他满不在意地说。
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- 2. I don't have to be a detective to figure that out.
- 我不是侦探也想得出。
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- 3. 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。
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- 4. 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。
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- 5. The detective was trying to winkle information out of her.
- 侦探试图从她那儿套取信息。
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