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

investigateinvestigate /ɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪt/ ●●○ W3 AWL verb

ETYMOLOGYinvestigate

Origin: 1500-1600 Latin, past participle of investigare to follow the track of, from vestigium track

VERB TABLE

investigate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	investigate
	he, she, it	investigates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	investigated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have investigated
	he, she, it	has investigated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had investigated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will investigate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have investigated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am investigating
	he, she, it	is investigating
	you, we, they	are investigating
Past	I, he, she, it	was investigating
	you, we, they	were investigating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been investigating
	he, she, it	has been investigating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been investigating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be investigating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been investigating

1[intransitive, transitive] to try to find out the truth about something such as a crime, accident, or scientific problem: The FBI is investigating the murder. I heard a noise and went downstairs to investigate.investigate how/whether/why etc. Scientists are investigating how the bacteria live in these conditions.2[transitive] to try to find out more about someone’s character, actions, etc., because you think he or she may have been involved in a crime: Hunt was investigated for more than a year before he was arrested. [Origin: 1500–1600 Latin, past participle of investigare to follow the track of, from vestigium track]