英语词汇“detect”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

detect

/dɪˈtɛkt

verb [with object]

1Discover or identify the presence or existence of: cancer may soon be detected in its earliest stages...

As soon as the immune system detects the presence of a pathogen it mounts a response to kill it, which is highly successful in most cases in healthy people.
In truth, she had thought that they would have detected each other's presence sooner.
If he detects the presence of drugs on someone we could then go ahead and search them.

1.1Discern (something intangible or barely perceptible): Paul detected a faint note of weariness in his father’s voice...

Mr Hutchence says staff first detected a faint smell the day before - but on Wednesday it was much stronger.
I could barely detect the horseradish in the creamy bed of mashed potato, a more generous grating would have perked it up.
She fancied for a moment that she could detect the faint rusty smell of hot steel.

Synonyms

notice, become aware of, perceive, note, discern, make out, observe, spot, become conscious of, recognize, distinguish, mark, remark, identify, diagnose;

catch, decry, sense, see, catch sight of, smell, scent, taste

British informal clock

literary behold, descry, espy

1.2Discover or investigate (a crime or its perpetrators): the public can help the police to detect crime...

The system had to be radically reformed to detect murder, medical error and neglect.
We want to prevent the crimes and detect those that have already been committed.
Even the fact that there is the ability to detect murder before it is committed is a complex issue.

Synonyms

discover, uncover, find, find out, turn up, unearth, dig up, dredge up, root out, hunt out, nose out, ferret out, expose, reveal, bring to light, bring into the open;

come across, stumble on, chance on, hit on, encounter

solve, clear up, get to the bottom of, find the perpetrator of, find the person behind

informal figure out, crack

catch, hunt down, find, expose, reveal, unmask, smoke out, ferret out, track down, apprehend, arrest

informal nail

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin detect- 'uncovered', from the verb detegere, from de- (expressing reversal) + tegere 'to cover'. The original senses were 'uncover, expose' and 'give someone away', later 'expose the real or hidden nature of'; hence the current (partly influenced by detective).

单词	detect
释义	detect /dɪˈtɛkt / verb [with object] 1Discover or identify the presence or existence of: cancer may soon be detected in its earliest stages... As soon as the immune system detects the presence of a pathogen it mounts a response to kill it, which is highly successful in most cases in healthy people. In truth, she had thought that they would have detected each other's presence sooner. If he detects the presence of drugs on someone we could then go ahead and search them. 1.1Discern (something intangible or barely perceptible): Paul detected a faint note of weariness in his father’s voice... Mr Hutchence says staff first detected a faint smell the day before - but on Wednesday it was much stronger. I could barely detect the horseradish in the creamy bed of mashed potato, a more generous grating would have perked it up. She fancied for a moment that she could detect the faint rusty smell of hot steel. Synonyms notice, become aware of, perceive, note, discern, make out, observe, spot, become conscious of, recognize, distinguish, mark, remark, identify, diagnose; catch, decry, sense, see, catch sight of, smell, scent, taste British informal clock literary behold, descry, espy 1.2Discover or investigate (a crime or its perpetrators): the public can help the police to detect crime... The system had to be radically reformed to detect murder, medical error and neglect. We want to prevent the crimes and detect those that have already been committed. Even the fact that there is the ability to detect murder before it is committed is a complex issue. Synonyms discover, uncover, find, find out, turn up, unearth, dig up, dredge up, root out, hunt out, nose out, ferret out, expose, reveal, bring to light, bring into the open; come across, stumble on, chance on, hit on, encounter solve, clear up, get to the bottom of, find the perpetrator of, find the person behind informal figure out, crack catch, hunt down, find, expose, reveal, unmask, smoke out, ferret out, track down, apprehend, arrest informal nail Origin Late Middle English: from Latin detect- 'uncovered', from the verb detegere, from de- (expressing reversal) + tegere 'to cover'. The original senses were 'uncover, expose' and 'give someone away', later 'expose the real or hidden nature of'; hence the current (partly influenced by detective). Rhymes affect, bisect, bull-necked, collect, confect, connect, correct, defect, deflect, deject, direct, effect, eject, elect, erect, expect, infect, inflect, inject, inspect, interconnect, interject, intersect, misdirect, neglect, object, perfect, project, prospect, protect, reflect, reject, respect, resurrect, sect, select, subject, suspect, transect, unchecked, Utrecht
随便看	Hite, Shere hithe hither hither and thither (also hither and yon) hither and yon hitherto hitherward hit home hit it off Hitler, Adolf Hitlerian Hitlerism Hitlerite Hitler moustache Hitler salute hit list hitmaker hitman hit on hit (or make) the scene hit-or-miss hit (or strike) home hit-out hit parade hit single

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