| 单词 | detective |
| 释义 | detective (once / 297 pages) n Whether it's a police detective who investigates crimes or a private detective hired by a husband to uncover his wife's affair, a detective is someone whose job is to find out hard-to-get information. Detective comes from the Latin root detectus meaning to uncover or expose. Detectives detect, or discern and uncover the truth, the way a dog might detect an odor and uncover a bone. Sherlock Holmes, perhaps the most famous detective in fiction, used disguises, deductive reasoning and forensics to solve crimes. "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth," he famously said. WORD FAMILYdetective: detectives+/detect: detectable, detected, detecting, detection, detective, detector, detects/detectable: detectably, undetectable/detected: undetected/detection: detections/detector: detectors/undetectable: undetectably USAGE EXAMPLESIsrael’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is reportedly being interviewed by detectives investigating whether he broke the law by receiving gifts from wealthy businessmen. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Cleveland police homicide detectives investigate every child death in the city. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Detectives were investigating the fatal crash that occurred Sunday night. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1n a police officer who investigates crimes Syn|Hypo|Hyper investigator, police detective, tec dick, gumshoe, hawkshaw someone who is a detective plainclothesmana detective who wears civilian clothes on duty traceran investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods officer, police officer, policeman a member of a police force 2n an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public Hypo|Hyper PI, operative, private detective, private eye, private investigator, shamus, sherlock someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information sleuth, sleuthhounda detective who follows a trail hotel detective, house detective, house dicka private detective employed by a hotel or retail store inquiry agenta private detective store detectivea private detective employed by a merchant to stop pilferage investigator someone who investigates |
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