investigate
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they investigate | |
| he / she / it investigates | |
| past simple investigated | |
| past participle investigated | |
| -ing form investigating |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to carefully examine the facts of a situation, an event, a crime, etc. to find out the truth about it or how it happened 调查，侦查（某事） The FBI has been called in to investigate. 联邦调查局奉命进行调查。 the senior investigating officer 高级调查官 - (informal)
‘What was that noise?’ ‘I'll go and investigate.’ “那是什么声音？” “我去看一下。” - investigate something
Detectives are currently investigating possible links between the murders. 侦探们目前正在调查这些谋杀案之间的可能联系。 to investigate a crime/a complaint/an incident 调查犯罪/投诉/事件 The allegations have not yet been thoroughly investigated. 这些指控尚未得到彻底调查。 The report calls for a commission to investigate the matter further. 该报告呼吁成立一个委员会进一步调查此事。 The case will be investigated in detail to determine whether the claims are true. 将对案件进行详细调查，以确定指控是否属实。 - investigate what, how, etc…
Police are investigating what happened. 警察正在调查事情发生的经过。
Collocations CrimeCrime 犯罪 Committing a crime 犯罪 - commit a crime/a murder/a violent assault/a brutal killing/an armed robbery/fraud
犯罪／谋杀罪／暴力侵犯他人身体罪／残杀罪／持械抢劫罪／诈骗罪 - be involved in terrorism/a suspected arson attack/people smuggling/human trafficking
参与恐怖主义活动；涉嫌纵火袭击；参与人口走私／人口贩卖 - engage/participate in criminal activity/illegal practices/acts of mindless vandalism
参与犯罪活动／非法活动／愚昧的故意毁坏他人财产的行为 - steal somebody’s wallet/purse/(British English) mobile phone/(North American English) cell phone
偷某人的钱包／手机 - rob a bank/a person/a tourist
抢劫银行／他人／游客 - break into/ (British English) burgle/ (North American English) burglarize a house/a home/an apartment
入室盗窃 - hijack a plane/ship/bus
劫持飞机／轮船／公共汽车 - smuggle drugs/weapons/arms/immigrants
走私毒品／武器／军火；偷运移民 - launder drug money (through something)
（通过…）洗毒资 - forge documents/certificates/passports
伪造文件／证件／护照 - take/accept/pay somebody/offer (somebody) a bribe
索取／收受贿赂；向（某人）行贿 - run a phishing/an email/an internet scam
进行网络钓鱼／电子邮件／互联网诈骗
Fighting crime 打击犯罪 - combat/fight crime/terrorism/corruption/drug trafficking
打击犯罪／恐怖主义／腐败／贩毒 - prevent/stop credit-card fraud/child abuse/software piracy
防止／阻止信用卡诈骗／虐待儿童／软件盗版 - deter/stop criminals/burglars/thieves/shoplifters/vandals
威慑／阻止犯罪分子／入室盗窃者／小偷／商店扒手／故意破坏公物者 - reduce/tackle/crack down on knife/gun/violent/street crime; (especially British English) antisocial behaviour
减少／处理／严厉打击持刀／持枪／暴力／街头犯罪／反社会行为 - foil a bank raid/a terrorist plot
挫败一起银行抢劫案／一次恐怖分子的阴谋 - help/support/protect the victims of crime
帮助／支持／保护犯罪活动的受害者
Investigating crime 调查犯罪活动 - report a crime/a theft/a rape/an attack/(especially British English) an incident to the police
向警方举报不法行为／偷窃案／强奸案／袭击事件／暴力事件 - witness the crime/attack/murder/incident
目击犯罪／袭击／谋杀／暴力事件 - investigate a murder/(especially North American English) a homicide/a burglary/a robbery/the alleged incident
调查谋杀案／蓄意杀人案／入室盗窃案／抢劫案／涉嫌的暴力事件 - conduct/launch/pursue an investigation (into…); (especially British English) a police/murder inquiry
进行／开始／继续（对…的）调查／警方调查／谋杀案调查 - investigate/reopen a criminal/murder case
调查／重新审理犯罪／谋杀案件 - examine/investigate/find fingerprints at the crime scene/the scene of crime
仔细检查／调查／查找犯罪现场的指纹 - collect/gather forensic evidence
收集法医证据 - uncover new evidence/a fraud/a scam/a plot/a conspiracy/political corruption/a cache of weapons
发现新证据／诈骗／欺诈／密谋／阴谋／政治腐败／私藏武器 - describe/identify a suspect/the culprit/the perpetrator/the assailant/the attacker
描述／指认嫌疑犯／罪犯／作恶者／攻击者／袭击者 - question/interrogate a suspect/witness
询问嫌疑人／目击证人 - solve/crack the case
破案
Extra ExamplesTopics Crime and punishmentb1The company has pledged to investigate claims that its products are unsafe. 该公司承诺会就产品不安全的说法进行调查。 The company said it will investigate any customer complaints. 该公司表示，将调查任何客户投诉。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- closely
- in detail
- …
- ask somebody to
- be called in to
- decide to
- …
- for
- [transitive]
to try to find out information about somebody’s character, activities, etc. 调查（某人） - investigate somebody for something
This is not the first time he has been investigated by the police for fraud. 这不是警方第一次调查他是否有欺诈行为。 - investigate somebody over something
She is being investigated over allegations of illegal business dealings. 她因涉嫌非法商业交易正在接受调查。 - investigate somebody
They were investigated on suspicion of drug smuggling. 他们因涉嫌毒品走私而受到调查。
- investigate somebody for something
- [transitive]
to find out information and facts about a subject or problem by study or research 研究；调查 - investigate something
The study investigates the effects of feeding a high energy diet to cows. 这项研究调查了给奶牛喂高能量食物的效果。 - investigate how, what, etc…
Researchers are investigating how foreign speakers gain fluency. 研究人员正在调查说外语的人是如何变得流利的。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- closely
- in detail
- …
- ask somebody to
- be called in to
- decide to
- …
- for
- investigate something
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Latin investigat- ‘traced out’, from the verb investigare, from in- ‘into’ + vestigare ‘track, trace out’.