suspect
verbVerb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they suspect | |
he / she / it suspects | |
past simple suspected | |
past participle suspected | |
past simple suspecting | |
past participle suspecting |
- [transitive, intransitive]
to have an idea that something is probably true or likely to happen, especially something bad, but without having definite proof 疑有,觉得(尤指坏事可能属实或发生) As I had suspected all along, he was not a real policeman. 他并不是真的警察,我一直就觉得不像。 - suspect something
If you suspect a gas leak, do not strike a match or even turn on an electric light. 假如你怀疑有煤气泄漏,不要划火柴,甚至连电灯都不要开。 Suspecting nothing, he walked right into the trap. 他毫无觉察,径直走入陷阱。 I didn’t want the neighbours suspecting anything. 我不想让邻居有任何怀疑。 - suspect (that)…
I began to suspect (that) they were trying to get rid of me. 我开始觉察出,他们试图摆脱我。 I strongly suspect (that) this whole story is fictional. 我强烈怀疑整个故事是虚构的。 She had no reason to suspect (that) Sylvia had not been telling the truth. 她没有理由怀疑西尔维娅没有说实话。 I suspect (that) she might be lying. 我怀疑她可能在撒谎。 - it is suspected that…
It was suspected that the drugs had been brought into the country by boat. 有人怀疑毒品是用船运入该国的。 - suspect somebody/something to be/have something
She suspected him to be an impostor. 她怀疑他是个冒名行骗者。
Extra ExamplesTopics Doubt, guessing and certaintyb2He immediately suspected the worst. 他马上觉得可能会发生最坏的情况。 It was widely suspected that the cadets had been acting on orders. 人们普遍怀疑军校学生是奉命采取行动。 I would suspect that they're running short of money by now. 我怀疑他们现在正缺钱。 It was just as she had suspected: the letters had been stolen. 正如她所怀疑的那样:信被偷了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- strongly
- rather
- rightly
- …
- begin to
- have reason to
- have reasons to
- …
- be widely suspected
- [transitive]
to have an idea that somebody is guilty of something, without having definite proof 怀疑(某人有罪) - suspect somebody/something of something
He resigned after being suspected of theft. 他被怀疑偷窃,随后就辞职了。 He is not suspected of any involvement in the recent attacks. 他没有涉嫌参与最近的袭击。 He was wrongly suspected of the crime. 有人错误地怀疑他犯了罪。 They arrested four men suspected of links to an extremist group. 他们逮捕了四名涉嫌与极端组织有联系的男子。 - suspect somebody/something of doing something
I suspected her of damaging the equipment. 我怀疑她损坏了设备。 The drug is suspected of causing over 200 deaths. 人们怀疑这种药物造成 200 多人死亡。 - suspect somebody/something
Whom do the police suspect? 警方怀疑谁?
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- rightly
- wrongly
- of
- have grounds for suspecting somebody/something
- have grounds to suspect somebody/something
- have reason to suspect somebody/something
- …
- suspect somebody/something of something
- [transitive] suspect something
to feel that something is not completely right, legal or honest, without having any proof; to not trust something 怀疑;感觉有问题;不信任
Word OriginMiddle English (originally as an adjective): from Latin suspectus ‘mistrusted’, past participle of suspicere, from sub- ‘from below’ + specere ‘to look’.