单词 | investigate |
释义 | investigate investigate /ɪnˈves.tɪ.ɡeɪt/ verb [T] ↑Verb Endings for investigate ► B2 to examine a crime, problem, statement, etc. carefully, especially to discover the truth: » Police are investigating allegations of corruption involving senior executives.» [+ question word] We are of course investigating how an error like this could have occurred.Thesaurus+: ↑Analysing and evaluating , ↑Assessing and estimating value • • • Extra Examples:» Scotland Yard have been called in to investigate the murder.» The remit of this official inquiry is to investigate the reasons for the accident.» The government set up a commission to investigate the problem of inner city violence.» The UN is investigating new methods of population control .» I wonder what that noise was in the kitchen - I'd better go and investigate. |
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