detective
gb/dɪtˈɛktɪv/ us/dɪtˈɛktɪv/
B1
英语
~ 2900
义项
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名词
B1
entity
1
Person who investigates crimes
A person whose job is to find out who did a crime and get proof.
用法模式：
[someone] works as a detective
常见错误：
Learners sometimes confuse 'detective' with 'police officer'. While all detectives can be police officers, not all police officers are detectives.
近义词
investigator (A broader term that can include people investigating non-criminal matters.)
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sleuth (Informal or literary term for a detective, often used in fiction.)
反义词
criminal (Opposite role in the context of crime; a person committing crimes rather than solving them.)
搭配
private detective
|police detective
|undercover detective
|detective work
|detective agency
主题
law
|crime
|work
|core_vocabulary
例句
- The detective interviewed several witnesses to the robbery.
- She hired a private detective to follow her business partner.
- Detectives found new evidence at the crime scene.
- The police detective worked tirelessly on the murder case.
学习者例句
- The detective asked me questions about the night.
- A detective looks for clues to solve crimes.
- My uncle is a police detective.
- The detective found the stolen car.
语法
词典原形
detective
IPA
GB/dɪtˈɛktɪv/
US/dɪtˈɛktɪv/
音节与重音
de - tect - ive （3 个音节）
Stress on 2nd syllable (tect)
词形变化
Noun
- Base: detective
- Plural: detectives
词族
Forms
detectives
noun
Related words
detector
noun B2
detectable
adjective C1
Negative and opposite forms
undetectable
adjective
相关表达
detective story
1/dɪtˈɛktɪv stˈɔɹi/
fixed phrase
Fiction about solving a crime
A story, often in a book or movie, about a person who finds out who did a crime.
例句
- I love reading old-fashioned detective stories.
- The movie is based on a famous detective story.
detective work
1/dɪtˈɛktɪv wˈɚk/
fixed phrase
Investigating to solve a case or problem
The careful work of finding out facts to solve a crime or problem.
例句
- It took some clever detective work to find the missing files.
- Her success was due to good detective work.