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单词 detective
释义
detective
noun[C]
uk
/dɪˈtek.tɪv/us
/dɪˈtek.tɪv/
B1
someone whosejobis todiscoverinformationaboutcrimesandfindout who isresponsiblefor them:
侦探
aprivatedetective私家侦探
detectivestories侦探故事
used aspartof thetitleofparticularranksin thepoliceforce:
警探（用于某些级别的警察头衔）
DetectiveSergeantLewis刘易斯探长
More examples
  • Her new detectiveserieswill be herdebuton thesmallscreen.
  • Shehiredaprivatedetective tofindout if herhusbandwas having anaffair.
  • Aprivatedetective hasapparentlyunearthedsomefreshevidence.
  • The detective on thecasehas beensuspendedfromduty.
  • During theinvestigation, two detectivesassumedtheidentitiesofantiquesdealers.
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People who work for the police service
(Definition ofdetectivefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

detective| American Dictionary

detective
noun[C]
us
/dɪˈtek·tɪv/
apoliceofficerwhosejobis todiscoverinformationaboutcrimesandfindout who isresponsiblefor them
(Definition ofdetectivefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdetective

detective
Rather, the novel gures servants and employers as detectives in different but complementary ways.
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Professionals of all sorts - detectives, doctors, and lawyers - ignore at their own risk the insight and advice of the amateurs below stairs.
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Work is duplicated because the custody officer may enter information into one computer, while upstairs the detectives are putting the same information into another system.
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Does it mean the setting up of a huge new department, with experts and detectives, and slide-rule calculations?
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The detectives concerned know who have committed those crimes, but they are unable to get the information.
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Presumably there are no detectives, and no information or intelligence is corning out.
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There must be an opportunity for graduates who want to come into the force, and if they do, they will want to become detectives.
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Information on the use of private detectives in the context of the question is not available centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
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Experienced police officers would not prosecute in such cases, but stores often decide to bring prosecutions based on the evidence of store detectives.
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Detectives lent to assist in elucidating any specially serious crime are not charged for.
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Detectives are faced with almost impossible case loads.
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As the committee remarked, the essence of a private detective's work is the invasion of privacy.
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Four days later, in prison, he was visited by two detectives, and after some persuasion he gave the true story of this vicious attack.
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Many people would be attracted to a career in the police force if they thought that they could become detectives.
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The reflection was not aimed at the home detectives.
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Collocationswithdetective

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amateur detective
He used to be anamateurdetectiveuntil a case went awry that ruined his reputation.
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detective agency
I defy anyone—other than adetectiveagency—who is willing to work from now until doomsday, to discover the people behind the company.
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detective fiction
As readers ofdetectivefiction, however, we are potentially much less prone to such existential and hermeneutic anxieties.
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