constables

英 [ˈkʌnstəblz]

美 [ˈkɑnstəbəlz]

n.  (英国等国家中最低级别的)警察; 警员; (美国城镇中参与维持秩序、级别低于县治安官的)巡官
constable的复数

柯林斯词典

• See also:He was a constable at Sutton police station....Constable Stuart Clark...Thanks for your help, Constable.Chief Constable
• (美国城镇中参与维持秩序、级别低于县治安官的)巡官
  In the United States, aconstableis an official who helps keep the peace in a town. They are lower in rank than a sheriff.

双语例句

• Escape through the cordon a thousand constables cordoned off the riot area.
  1000名警察组成的警戒线把发生骚乱的地区封锁了起来。
• Police constables Smith and Jones are on patrol.
  警员史密斯和琼斯正在巡逻。
• All newly recruited Constables and Inspectors must attend a27-week and a36-week residential course, respectively, at the Police Training School in Wong Chuk Hang.
  新招募的警员及督察会在黄竹坑警察训练学校参加住宿训练课程，警员的训练课程为期27个星期，而督察的训练课程则为36个星期。
• We are at liberty to serve in the army, as police constables, take part in politics or recover debt by legal coercion.
  我们有参军，从警，参与政治或者通过法律途径追讨债务的自由。
• We have put six constables on that particular assignment.
  我们投入6个警官做那件特殊的工作。
• Sergeant, I want two constables to wash that off.
  警官，叫两个巡警来洗。
• Though still open to submissions from anyone, the power to authorise articles will be given to editors who can prove their expertise, as well as a group of volunteer constables, charged with keeping the peace between warring interests.
  尽管仍然允许任何人提交信息，但词条的批准权将授予那些能证明自己专业知识的编辑和一群志愿警官。志愿警官将负责维持敌对各方之间的和平。
• The constables made a desultory attempt to keep them away from the barn.
  警察漫不经心地拦着不让他们靠近谷仓。
• I saw the heavy footmarks of the constables, but I saw also the track of the two men who had first passed through the garden.
  我看到了警察们的沉重的靴印，但是我也看到最初经过花园的那两个人的足迹。
• The Burmese sub-inspector and some Indian constables were waiting for me in the quarter where the elephant had been seen.
  缅甸巡警和几个印度裔巡官在现场恭候我光临呢，据说大象方才在这里露过面。