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

• Suddenly the door opened and the two detectives came in.
  突然门开了，两名侦探走了进来。
• Detectives have run into a conspiracy of silence in the tight-knit communities of the peninsula.
  侦探们犯了难，半岛上各个群体抱成一团，达成了保持缄默的密约。
• 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。
• I heard two detectives were staking out.
  我听说两个警察在密切监视。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He left a note at the scene of the crime, challenging detectives to catch him
  他在犯罪现场留了个条儿，向警探挑衅。
• And I saw some detectives taking him away.
  我看到一些侦探把他带走了。