n.
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（警队或私人）侦探 A detective is someone whose job is to discover what has happened in a crime or other situation and to find the people involved. Some detectives work in the police force and others work privately.
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Detectives are appealing for witnesses who may have seen anything suspicious...
探员呼吁看到任何可疑情况的人进行举报。
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She hired a private detective in an attempt to find her daughter.
她雇了一名私人侦探，试图找到自己的女儿。
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N-TITLE; N-VOC
（用于警察头衔）(英国英语中常用于 constable，sergeant 等词前）侦探，（美国英语中单独使用)警探 In Britain 'detective' is used before words such as 'constable' or 'sergeant', and in the U.S. the word 'detective' is used on its own, to indicate that a police officer is a member of the department concerned with investigating crimes.
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...Detective Inspector Ian Mosley.
伊恩·莫斯利探长
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..Detective Nardosa of the New York City Police Department.
纽约市警察局的纳尔多萨警探
3.
ADJ
(小说或故事)侦探的，破案的 A detective novel or story is one in which a detective tries to solve a crime.
4.
PHRASE
调查;探究 If you do some detective work, you do something to find out more about a subject or situation that puzzles you.
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Despite careful detective work, many items have never been recovered.
尽管进行了悉心探查，许多物品还是一直没有找回。
- 1. Detectives are questioning a woman about the child's abduction.
- 侦探们正在盘问一个妇女关于孩子被拐骗的事。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted.
- 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Detectives leading the hunt for the killer believe he may be in hiding.
- 指挥追捕的侦探认为杀人凶手可能躲起来了。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. The detectives are digging into this whole business.
- 侦探们彻底地调查了整个事件。
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- 5. The detectives put a tap on the suspect's telephone.
- 侦察人员在嫌疑犯的电话上装窃听装置。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 6. When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield.
- 飞机到达时，一些侦探等候在主楼里，而另一些等候在飞机降落的地方。
来自《用法词典》
