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单词 suspect
释义
suspect
verb[T]
uk
/səˈspekt/us
/səˈspekt/

suspectverb[T](THINK LIKELY)

B2
tothinkorbelievesomething to betrueorprobable:
怀疑，猜想，认为（某事有可能）
Sofar, thepolicedo not suspectfoulplay.目前，警察没有怀疑是谋杀。
[+ (that)]We had noreasonto suspect(that)he mighttrytokillhimself.我们没有理由认为他会自杀。
"Do youthinkshe'll have told them?" "I suspectnot/so."“你认为她会不会已经告诉他们了？”“我想不会／会的。”
More examples
  • I suspect hecheatsthetaxman.
  • I don't reallyknowhow she got thejob, but I suspect her mother's gotcontacts.
  • We suspect hemeanstodishonourtheagreementmade threeyearsago.
  • I suspect thedoctorthoughtI was just anotherhystericalfemale.
  • She has thisapparentinnocencewhich, I suspect, she uses to heradvantage.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Guessing, supposing and suspecting
  • approximate
  • as muchidiom
  • conjecture
  • consider
  • deem
  • draw
  • fall
  • guess
  • hazard
  • hypothesize
  • jump
  • jump to conclusionsidiom
  • mark
  • marksomeonedown assomething
  • misjudge
  • presumptive
  • presuppose
  • speculate
  • surmise
  • think ofsomething
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suspectverb[T](THINK GUILTY)

B2
tothinkthat someone hascommittedacrimeor done somethingwrong:
怀疑…有罪，认为…有嫌疑
No oneknowswhokilledher, but thepolicesuspect herhusband.没有人知道谁杀了她，但是警方认为她丈夫有嫌疑。
Thepolicesuspect himofcarryingout twobombattacks.警方怀疑他制造了两起爆炸案。
Three suspectedterroristshave beenarrested.3名嫌疑恐怖分子已经被捕了。
More examples
  • Thepolicesuspect him offrontingfor acrimesyndicate.
  • The suspectedmurdereris beingheldat Belmarshprison.
  • Policesuspect him ofmastermindingadrugsempire.
  • She was suspected ofsellingstolengoods.
  • I waswaryabouttalkingto a suspectedcriminal.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Guilty
  • answerable
  • blameworthy
  • blood
  • convict
  • convicted
  • conviction
  • culpable
  • guilt
  • guiltiness
  • guilty
  • guilty as chargedidiom
  • have (someone's) blood onyourhandsidiom
  • reconvict
  • reconviction
  • responsible

suspectverb[T](DOUBT)

C2
to nottrust; todoubt:
不信任；怀疑
I have noreasonto suspect herhonesty/loyalty.我没有理由怀疑她的诚实／忠诚。
We suspected hismotivesin making hisoffer.我们对他提出这个建议的动机表示怀疑。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Suspecting & questioning
  • ask
  • ask questions ofsomeone/somethingidiom
  • call into questionidiom
  • challenge
  • cynical
  • cynically
  • cynicism
  • doubt
  • doubter
  • doubting Thomas
  • fisking
  • misgiving
  • niggle
  • oppugn
  • reserve
  • sceptical
  • skeptic
  • smell a ratidiom
  • suspicion
  • suspicious
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Related word

suspected
suspect
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsʌs.pekt/us
/ˈsʌs.pekt/
B2
apersonbelievedto havecommittedacrimeor done somethingwrong, or somethingbelievedto havecausedsomethingbad:
嫌疑犯，可疑分子
Policehaveissuedaphotographof the suspect.警方已经发布了疑犯的照片。
Theprimesuspectinthecasecommittedsuicide.这起案件的主要嫌疑人自杀了。
No oneknowswhatcausedtheoutbreakoffoodpoisoning, butshellfishis themainsuspect(= isthoughtto havecausedit).没有人知道造成这起食物中毒事件的原因，但怀疑很可能是吃贝类食品造成的。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
People appearing in court
  • amicus
  • appearance
  • appellant
  • co-defendant
  • defence
  • defendant
  • eyewitness
  • flight risk
  • Jane Doe
  • John Doe
  • respondent
  • the accused
  • undertrial
  • V, v
  • versus
  • witness

Idiom

the usual suspects
suspect
adjective
uk
/ˈsʌs.pekt/us
/ˈsʌs.pekt/
possiblyfalseordangerous:
不可靠的，不可信的，可疑的；危险的
Thestudywascarriedout with such asmallsamplethatitsresultsare suspect.这项研究选取的样本如此之少，因此结果并不可靠。
A suspectparcelwasfoundat thestation.在车站发现了一个可疑包裹。
Synonyms
dodgy(NOT HONEST)UKinformal
fishy(DISHONEST)informal
funny(DISHONEST)informal
shady(DISHONEST)informal
suspicious
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Strange, suspicious and unnatural
  • aberrant
  • abnormal
  • abnormally
  • add
  • Alice-in-Wonderland
  • freakishness
  • funnily
  • funnily enoughidiom
  • ghostliness
  • ghoul
  • perverse
  • perversely
  • perversity
  • perverted
  • pervy
  • unorthodox
  • wack
  • wackadoodle
  • wackiness
  • wacky
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(Definition ofsuspectfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

suspect| American Dictionary

suspect
verb[T]
us
/səˈspekt/

suspectverb[T](THINK LIKELY)

tothinkorbelievesomething islikely:
Medicalinvestigatorssuspect theoutbreakwascausedbybacteriain thewatersupply.

suspectverb[T](THINK GUILTY)

tothinkorbelievethat someone isguiltyof something:
Authorities have thepowertoevictresidentswhen they suspectcriminalactivity.

suspectverb[T](DOUBT)

todoubtor notbelievein something:
There is noreasonto suspecttheirloyalty.
suspect
noun[C]
us
/ˈsʌs·pekt/

suspectnoun[C](GUILTY PERSON)

apersonwho isbelievedto beguiltyof something:
After therobbery, theusualsuspects wereroundedup.
suspect
adjective
us
/ˈsʌs·pekt,səˈspekt/

suspectadjective(CAUSING DOUBT)

notableto betrusted;possiblyfalseordangerous:
I can’tunderstandwhy myreasonsseemsuspect to anumberofpeople.
(Definition ofsuspectfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

suspect| Business English

suspect
verb[T]
uk
/səˈspekt/us
tobelievethat something, usually somethingbad, may betrueor may havehappened:
suspect thatThebanksuspects thatfraudhasoccurred.
suspectfraud/dishonesty/foulplay
tobelievethat someone isguiltyofcommittingacrime:
suspect sb/sth of doing sthThecompanywas suspected ofpayingbribestoArmyofficerstosecurecontracts.
suspect
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsʌspekt/us
someone whopolice,employers, or otherauthoritiesbelievehascommittedacrime:
achief/key/primesuspect
suspect
adjective
uk
/ˈsʌspekt/us
if something is suspect, itseemslikelyto bedishonest,dangerous,criminal, etc.:
The Financial Services Authority iscrackingdown onbanksandbrokersthat havefailedtoreportsuspectdealsbyclients.
Bombdisposalexpertsdestroyedasuspectpackagefoundat theairport.
(Definition ofsuspectfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsuspect

suspect
Having become a mass profession, science was no longer suspected of becoming elitist and separated from the life and concerns of ordinary people.
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Bertillonage was purely a system for linking suspects with their criminal records; it had no forensic application.
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The restriction of fingerprint collection to people already suspected of a crime reinforced the tendency to rely upon punishment rather than effective state investigation.
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We also suspected that the timber solutions would be more expensive.
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Isuspectthat such factors as "inter-reflections between surfaces," though certainly demonstrable and interesting, are of secondary importance even in most natural environments.
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If the cortex were organized in this manner, one wouldsuspectthat experimental results would have established such themes, as it has for subcortical structures.
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Isuspectthat these escape routes will prove to be a useful addition to our toolkit.
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At present the answer is not known, although wesuspectthat both directions of influence may be important.
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However, there is no biological reason tosuspectthat these fullterm newborns differed in their hematological status.
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The analysis is, however,suspecton several counts.
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This is reflected in the prose of the book, making it always entertaining and easy to read if, one suspects, deliberately provocative at times.
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Isuspectthat this over enthusiasm may turn off readers from what is an interesting volume in many ways.
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All these cases, however, were resolved by eliciting confessions from the suspects after confronting them with the evidence.
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This experience proves to be his passport fromsuspectoutsider to the liminal status of trusted guest.
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Either that control had weakened by the eighteenth century, or the model of ' social control ' at either period issuspect.
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