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,覺得(尤指壞事可能屬實或發生) As I had suspected all along, he was not a real policeman. 他並不是真的警察,我一直就覺得不像。 - suspect something
If you suspect a gas leak, do not strike a match or even turn on an electric light. 假如你懷疑有煤氣洩漏,不要劃火柴,甚至連電燈都不要開。 Suspecting nothing, he walked right into the trap. 他毫無覺察,徑直走入陷阱。 I didn’t want the neighbours suspecting anything. 我不想讓鄰居有任何懷疑。 - suspect (that)…
I began to suspect (that) they were trying to get rid of me. 我開始覺察出,他們試圖擺脫我。 I strongly suspect (that) this whole story is fictional. 我強烈懷疑整個故事是虛構的。 She had no reason to suspect (that) Sylvia had not been telling the truth. 她沒有理由懷疑西爾維娅沒有說實話。 I suspect (that) she might be lying. 我懷疑她可能在撒謊。 - it is suspected that…
It was suspected that the drugs had been brought into the country by boat. 有人懷疑毒品是用船運入該國的。 - suspect somebody/something to be/have something
She suspected him to be an impostor. 她懷疑他是個冒名行騙者。
Extra ExamplesTopics Doubt, guessing and certaintyb2He immediately suspected the worst. 他馬上覺得可能會發生最壞的情況。 It was widely suspected that the cadets had been acting on orders. 人們普遍懷疑軍校學生是奉命采取行動。 I would suspect that they're running short of money by now. 我懷疑他們現在正缺錢。 It was just as she had suspected: the letters had been stolen. 正如她所懷疑的那樣: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 懷疑(某人有罪) - suspect somebody/something of something
He resigned after being suspected of theft. 他被懷疑偷竊,随後就辭職了。 He is not suspected of any involvement in the recent attacks. 他沒有涉嫌參與最近的襲擊。 He was wrongly suspected of the crime. 有人錯誤地懷疑他犯了罪。 They arrested four men suspected of links to an extremist group. 他們逮捕了四名涉嫌與極端組織有聯系的男子。 - suspect somebody/something of doing something
I suspected her of damaging the equipment. 我懷疑她損壞了設備。 The drug is suspected of causing over 200 deaths. 人們懷疑這種藥物造成 200 多人死亡。 - suspect somebody/something
Whom do the police suspect? 警方懷疑誰?
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 懷疑;感覺有問題;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’.