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

• I heard two detectives were staking out.
  我听说两个警察在密切监视。
• Detectives launched an operation involving Interpol and Nigerian police.
  侦探们联合国际刑警与尼日利亚警方开展了一项行动。
• Two detectives were trailing him
  两个侦探正在追踪他。
• 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。
• Local detectives have ruled out foul play.
  当地的侦探已经排除了他杀的可能性。
• But aren't you two detectives forgetting something obvious?
  但是你是不是忘记了一些明显的东西？
• Detectives are still searching for those who violated the graveyard.
  侦探们仍在搜捕那些亵渎了墓园的家伙。
• 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。
• The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning.
  飞机晚点了，侦探们在机场等了整整一个上午。
• Suddenly the door opened and the two detectives came in.
  突然门开了，两名侦探走了进来。