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n.侦探 adj.侦探的

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detective


/dɪ'tektɪv; dɪ`tɛktɪv/
n person, esp a police officer, whose job it is to investigate and solve crimes 侦探
*employ a private detective 雇用一名私人侦探.

detective


n[C]
a police officer whose job is to discover information about crimes and catch criminals
store detective
alsoprivate detective
someone who is paid to discover information about someone or something
 She hired a detective to find out if her husband was having an affair.
detective work
efforts to discover information, find out how something works, answer a difficult question etc
 It took a lot of detective work to discover the cause of the problem.
detective story/novel etc
a story etc about a crime, often a murder, and a detective who tries to find out who did it
1. But after a few years in a system that practically requires people to lie, they become like the one I shall call "Suzanne", a detective in shorts.
    可是在这个实际上是要人撒谎的系统里干了几年后,他们就变得与那个叫苏珊娜的人一样了--一个穿运动短裤的侦探。

2. When she was arrested, the detective found out that the shop-assistant was her daught.
    当她被捕后,侦探发现那位售货员就是她女儿.

3. When she was arrested, the detective found out that the shop assistant was her daughter.
    她被逮捕后。侦探发现原来那售货员是她的女儿。

4. A detective recently watched a well-dressed woman who always went into a large store on Monday mornings.
    一名侦探最近注意上了一位穿着讲究的妇女,她总是在星期一上午进入一家大商场。

5. She devoured the new detective story.
    她如饥似渴地读那本新侦探小说.

6. George studied medicine in his youth. Instead of becoming a doctor, however, he became a successful writer of detective stories.
    乔治年轻时学过医,然而,他后来没当上医生,却成了一位成功的侦探小说作家。

7. One Monday, there were fewer people in the shop than usual when the woman came in, so it was easier for the detective to watch her.
    有一个星期一,当这位妇女走进这家商场时,里面的人比往常少,因此,侦探比较容易监视她。

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