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

• Detectives launched an operation involving Interpol and Nigerian police.
  侦探们联合国际刑警与尼日利亚警方开展了一项行动。
• Now I understand what happened to those other detectives.
  现在我明白其他侦探发生什么了。
• I hear they use detectives to snoop on employees.
  我听说他们雇用侦探探听雇员的私生活。
• He glanced furtively at the stolid faces of the two detectives.
  他偷偷地瞄了一下两名侦探面无表情的脸孔。
• Local detectives have ruled out foul play.
  当地的侦探已经排除了他杀的可能性。
• Detectives threw aside professional training and caution, and looked for a different explanation
  侦探们将受过的专业训练和小心谨慎抛之脑后，开始寻求另一种解释。
• The detectives put a tap on the suspect's telephone.
  侦察人员在嫌疑犯的电话上装窃听装置。
• 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。
• I heard two detectives were staking out.
  我听说两个警察在密切监视。
• 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。