the process of discovering or noticing something, especially something that is not easy to see, hear, etc.; the fact of being discovered or noticed 侦查;探测;察觉;发现 crime prevention and detection 犯罪的预防和侦查 Last year the detection rate for car theft was just 13 per cent. 去年,汽车盗窃的破案率仅为13%。 Many problems, however, escape detection. 然而许多问题却未被察觉。 Early detection of cancers is vitally important. 癌症的早期查出是极为重要的。
Extra ExamplesThe latest figures show falling crime detection rates. 最新的数字显示破案率在下降。 Their prey can sometimes escape detection by remaining still. 有时他们的猎物会静止不动而不被发现。 radiation detection equipment 放射物检测设备 the quest to improve breast cancer detection 改进乳腺癌检测方法的探索
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Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘revelation of what is concealed’): from late Latin detectio(n-), from Latin detegere ‘uncover’, from de- (expressing reversal) + tegere ‘to cover’.