| 单词 | investigate |
| 释义 | investigate (once / 84 pages) v To investigate is to look into something systematically. If you don't understand how tornadoes work, for example, investigate the forces of wind and find out. Investigate still acts a lot like the word it comes from, investigationem meaning "a searching into," which came from the Latin for "to track a footprint." It's exactly what you do when you investigate. You can investigate in the name of science, which is to look into something systematically, like when you research how tornadoes work. If you investigate a person, you find out everything you can — and you might need to hire a private eye for help. WORD FAMILYinvestigate: investigated, investigates, investigating, investigation, investigative, investigator, investigatory+/investigation: investigations/investigative: investigatively/investigator: investigators USAGE EXAMPLESD.C. police are investigating an abandoned U-Haul truck that was found Monday in Southeast Washington with “multiple” ATMs inside, a police spokesman said. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) U.S. officials are continuing to investigate the laptop. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) A post-mortem examination is to be held to investigate the unexplained death of a British woman in Australia, police say. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) 1v conduct an inquiry or investigation of The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities Syn|Hypo|Hyper enquire, inquire spy secretly collect sensitive or classified information; engage in espionage examine, probe question or examine thoroughly and closely 2v investigate scientifically Let's investigate the syntax of Chinese Syn|Hypo|Hyper look into explore, research, search inquire into exploretravel to or penetrate into examine, probequestion or examine thoroughly and closely researchattempt to find out in a systematically and scientific manner experimentto conduct a test or investigation prospectexplore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals googlesearch the internet (for information) using the Google search engine mapquestsearch for a location and directions by means of the MapQuest program re-exploreexplore anew beat about, cast about, cast aroundsearch anxiously pioneeropen up and explore a new area cave, spelunkexplore natural caves mapexplore or survey for the purpose of making a map enquire, inquireconduct an inquiry or investigation of re-examinequestion after cross-examination by opposing counsel consult, look up, referseek information from hear, tryexamine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process analyse, analyze, canvas, canvass, examine, study consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning |
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