detective
英 [d?'tekt?v]
美 [d?'t?kt?v]
中文詞源
detective 偵探來自detect,查明，偵查。
英文詞源
- detective (n.)
- 1850, short for detective police, from detective (adj.), 1843; see detect + -ive.
雙語例句
- 1. "Once a detective, always a detective," he said lightly.
- “一日為偵探，終生為偵探，”他滿不在意地說。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I don't have to be a detective to figure that out.
- 我不是偵探也想得出。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Joan Smith's detective stories are a cut above the rest.
- 瓊·史密斯的偵探小說比其他偵探小說都要出色。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Despite careful detective work, many items have never been recovered.
- 盡管進行了悉心探查，許多物品還是一直沒有找回。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The detective was trying to winkle information out of her.
- 偵探試圖從她那兒套取信息。
來自柯林斯例句