constable
美音:
[´kɔnstəbəl
]英音:
[´kɔnstəbəl
]n.治安官,警官,巡官
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constable
/'kʌnstəbl; [US] 'kɒn-; `kɑnstəbl/
n = police constable (police)
*[attrib 作定语] Constable Johnson 约翰逊警察.
constable
n[C]
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: constable 'high-ranking royal official, local officer of the law' (12-21 centuries), from Old French conestable, from Late Latin comes stabuli 'officer of the stable']
a British police officer of the lowest rank
in the US, someone who has some of the powers of a police officer and can send legal documents that order someone to do something
1. Then a police inspector arrived with a constable and she told them of her discovery of the ransacked flat. 这时一位巡官带着一名警察到了,她向他们诉说她发现住房被窃的过程。
2. Then a police inspector arrived with a constable and she told them of her discovery of the ransacked flat. 过了一会儿,一位巡官带着一名警察来了。她向他们讲述了发现公寓遭劫的经过。
3. The inspector began to look for fingerprints, while the constable checked that the front door locks had not been forced, 巡官开始搜寻指纹,警察经检查发现大门锁头并无撬过的迹象。
4. "Well," said the constable, "It´s very strange that you should be wandering about at this hour — and outside this shop. “嗯。”巡警说,“奇怪的是你竟在这个时间,而且在这珠宝店外转来转去。
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