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detective

noun
 
🔊/dɪˈtektɪv/
🔊/dɪˈtektɪv/
(abbreviation Det)
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  1.  
     a person, especially a police officer, whose job is to investigate crimes and catch criminals侦探；警探
    • a police/homicide/undercover detective警察/凶杀/秘密侦探
    • Several objects were taken away by detectives from the anti-terrorist squad.反恐怖主义小队的侦探将几个物体带走。
    • a detective story/novel侦探故事／小说
    • Detective Inspector (Roger) Brown（罗杰 ·）布朗探长
    • a detective constable/sergeant/superintendent警探/警长/警司
    see also store detective
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    • Sherlock Holmes was Conan Doyle's fictional detective.歇洛克・福尔摩斯是柯南・道尔笔下虚构的侦探。
    • Thomson was the lead detective in the Ramsay case.汤姆森是调查拉姆齐案件的探长。
    • detectives investigating the case调查此案的侦探
    • A team of around 30 detectives and uniformed officers have been working on the case.大约30名侦探和穿制服的人员组成的小组一直在处理此案。
    • He was arrested in Spain by Scotland Yard detectives.他在西班牙被苏格兰场的侦探逮捕。
    • Detective Sergeant John Nelson约翰•纳尔逊警长
    Topics Jobsa2, Law and justicea2, Crime and punishmenta2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • private
    • undercover
    • store
    • …
    verb + detective
    • hire
    detective + verb
    • investigate something
    detective + noun
    • agency
    • work
    • fiction
    • …
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  2. a person employed by somebody to find out information about somebody/something私人侦探 see also private detective
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • private
    • undercover
    • store
    • …
    verb + detective
    • hire
    detective + verb
    • investigate something
    detective + noun
    • agency
    • work
    • fiction
    • …
    See full entry
    3. Word Originmid 19th cent.: from detect. The noun was originally short for detective policeman, from an adjectival use of the word in the sense ‘serving to detect’.