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a person, especially a police officer, whose job is to investigate crimes and catch criminals 侦探；警探 a police/homicide/undercover detective 警察/凶杀/卧底侦探 Several objects were taken away by detectives from the anti-terrorist squad. 几件物品被反恐小组的侦探拿走了。 a detective story/novel 侦探故事／小说 Detective Inspector (Roger) Brown （罗杰 ·）布朗探长 a detective constable/sergeant/superintendent 侦探警员/中士/警司
Extra ExamplesTopics Jobsa2, Law and justicea2, Crime and punishmenta2Sherlock Holmes was Conan Doyle's fictional detective. 歇洛克・福尔摩斯是柯南・道尔笔下虚构的侦探。 Thomson was the lead detective in the Ramsay case. 汤姆森是调查拉姆齐案件的探长。 detectives investigating the case 调查此案的侦探 A team of around 30 detectives and uniformed officers have been working on the case. 一个由大约30名侦探和穿制服的警察组成的小组一直在调查此案。 He was arrested in Spain by Scotland Yard detectives. 他在西班牙被苏格兰场的侦探逮捕。 Detective Sergeant John Nelson 约翰•纳尔逊警长
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- private
- undercover
- store
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- hire
- investigate something
- agency
- work
- fiction
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a person employed by somebody to find out information about somebody/something 私人侦探 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- private
- undercover
- store
- …
- hire
- investigate something
- agency
- work
- fiction
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Word Originmid 19th cent.: from detect. The noun was originally short for detective policeman, from an adjectival use of the word in the sense ‘serving to detect’.