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the constabulary
名词用法：constabulary 作集体名词，指一支警察部队；主语强调整体时，谓语动词用单数。
The constabulary is investigating the burglary.
该警察部队正在调查这起入室盗窃案。
警察部队；警官队
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警察部队；警官队
the police of a particular area
The constabulary is investigating the burglary.
该警察部队正在调查这起入室盗窃案。
警察队伍,警力。
A police force.
特定地区或区域的警察。
The police in a particular district or area.
The local constabulary arrived quickly after the alarm went off.
警报响起后，当地警察部队很快赶到。
She reported the missing bicycle to the village constabulary.
她向村警队报告了自行车丢失的事。
The constabulary have increased patrols around the town.
警察部队加强了镇上的巡逻。
名词用法：constabulary 作集体名词，指一支警察部队；主语强调整体时，谓语动词用单数。
The constabulary is investigating the burglary.
该警察部队正在调查这起入室盗窃案。
名词用法：表示具体的一支警察部队，为可数名词，复数形式为 constabularies。
The county established a constabulary in 1850.
该县在1850年建立了一支警察部队。
形容词用法：constabulary 作前置定语，意为“警察的、警官的”，常修饰 duties、forces 等名词。
The officers were given constabulary duties during the occupation.
占领期间，这些军官被赋予警察职责。
Not this
He is a constabulary.
Use this
He is a constable.
constabulary 指‘警察部队、警队’这个整体，不是指单个警察；表示‘一名警察’应该用 constable。学习者容易因词根相似而把两者混用。
Not this
The constabulary car is coming.
Use this
The police car is coming.
尽管 constabulary 有形容词义‘警察的’，但在现代英语中，修饰 car、station 等常见名词时习惯用 police（如 police car、police station）。用 constabulary 搭配这些普通名词显得不自然，属于搭配误用。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
当地警察部队；地方警察
The local constabulary responded within minutes.
当地警察部队在几分钟内就做出了反应。
郡警察部队
She works for the county constabulary.
她在郡警察部队工作。
特别警察队；辅警队
He joined the special constabulary in his free time.
他在空闲时间加入了辅警队。
警察部队总部
The suspect was taken to constabulary headquarters for questioning.
嫌疑犯被带到警察部队总部接受讯问。
国家警察部队
The national constabulary was called in to restore order.
国家警察部队被召来恢复秩序。
当警察的职责必须履行时，警察的职责就必须履行。
The local constabulary was called in to help with the search.
当地警察部队被召来协助搜索。
Use constabulary naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想 constable（治安官）+ -ary（集体），把警察部队想成‘一群常备的治安官’。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、legal documents、official reports constabulary 是正式用词，多用于书面语及正式场合，指警察部队或警官队。日常口语中较少用，更常说 police 或 police force。
名词复数形式为 constabularies。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.