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单词 suspect
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suspectverb [ T ]

uk/səˈspekt/us/səˈspekt/

suspect verb [ T ] (THINK LIKELY)

B2 to think or believe something to be true or probable:

So far, the police do not suspect foul play.
[ + (that) ] We had no reason to suspect (that) he might try to kill himself.
"Do you think she'll have told them?" "I suspect not/so."

More examples

  • I suspect he cheats the taxman .
  • I don't really know how she got the job, but I suspect her mother's got contacts.
  • We suspect he means to dishonour the agreement made three years ago.
  • I suspect the doctor thought I was just another hysterical female.
  • She has this apparent innocence which, I suspect, she uses to her advantage.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Guessing, supposing and suspecting

  • approximate
  • as much idiom
  • call
  • conjecture
  • consider
  • deem
  • fall
  • hypothesize
  • jump
  • jump to conclusions idiom
  • mark
  • mark sb down as sth
  • misjudge
  • pluck
  • presume
  • smell
  • speculate
  • surmise
  • think
  • think of sth/sb

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suspect verb [ T ] (THINK GUILTY)

B2 to think that someone has committed a crime or done something wrong:

No one knows who killed her, but the police suspect her husband.
The police suspect him of carrying out two bomb attacks.
Three suspected terrorists have been arrested.

More examples

  • The police suspect him of fronting for a crime syndicate.
  • The suspected murderer is being held at Belmarsh prison.
  • Police suspect him of masterminding a drugs empire.
  • She was suspected of selling stolen goods.
  • I was wary about talking to a suspected criminal.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Guilty

  • answerable
  • blameworthy
  • blood
  • convict
  • conviction
  • culpable
  • guilt
  • have (sb's) blood on your hands idiom
  • responsible

suspect verb [ T ] (DOUBT)

C2 to not trust; to doubt:

I have no reason to suspect her honesty/loyalty.
We suspected his motives in making his offer.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Suspecting & questioning

  • call
  • call into question idiom
  • cynic
  • dispute
  • doubter
  • I'd like to see... idiom
  • if
  • misgiving
  • niggle
  • query
  • question
  • reservation
  • sceptical
  • self-doubt
  • skeptic
  • skeptical
  • smell
  • smell a rat idiom
  • suspiciously
  • suss

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suspected
adjective uk/səˈspek.tɪd/us/səˈspek.tɪd/

Examples

  • They've cordoned off the whole area because of a suspected bomb.
  • The police have kept the nightclub under surveillance because of suspected illegal drug activity.
  • He has to watch what he eats because of a suspected stomach ulcer.
  • Her suspected interest in the takeover has been the subject of a lot of press reporting.

He has a suspected broken leg.

suspectnoun [ C ]

uk/ˈsʌs.pekt/us/ˈsʌs.pekt/

B2 a person believed to have committed a crime or done something wrong, or something believed to have caused something bad:

Police have issued a photograph of the suspect.
The prime suspect in the case committed suicide.
No one knows what caused the outbreak of food poisoning, but shellfish is the main suspect (= is thought to have caused it).

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

People appearing in court

  • defence
  • defendant
  • eyewitness
  • Jane Doe
  • John Doe
  • respondent
  • the accused
  • undertrial
  • v
  • versus
  • witness

Idiom(s)

the usual suspects

suspectadjective

uk/ˈsʌs.pekt/us/ˈsʌs.pekt/

possibly false or dangerous:

The study was carried out with such a small sample that its results are suspect.
A suspect parcel was found at the station.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Strange, suspicious and unnatural

  • aberrant
  • abnormal
  • add
  • bizarre
  • curious
  • funny ha-ha or funny peculiar? idiom
  • kinky
  • kooky
  • like nothing (else) on earth idiom
  • like nothing on earth idiom
  • not add up idiom
  • peculiarly
  • random
  • rum
  • sicko
  • singularity
  • singularly
  • weird
  • whacky
  • whimsical

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