Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #2906
Fully loadeddetective
警探；刑警
A police officer whose job is to investigate crimes and gather evidence.
- 1.
A police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator.
负责收集证据和信息以侦破罪案的警官；调查员。
- 2.
a police officer who investigates crimes
调查罪案的警官
- 3.
A person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public.
受雇查找公众无法获取的信息的人。
- 4.
an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public
受雇获取公众不易获得信息的调查员
私家侦探；私人调查员；负责收集证据和信息以侦破罪案的警官；调查员。；调查罪案的警官；受雇查找公众无法获取的信息的人。；受雇获取公众不易获得信息的调查员
In use
The detective carefully examined the clues at the crime scene.
She hired a private detective to find her missing brother.
A good detective must be patient and observant.
a/an + (adj) + detective
detective 是可数名词，通常与冠词连用。
She is a famous detective.
她是一位著名的侦探。
detective + noun
detective 作定语修饰名词，表示与侦探相关的。
He enjoys reading detective novels.
他喜欢读侦探小说。
detective + relative clause
关系从句进一步说明侦探。
The detective who solved the case retired.
Connections
Collocations
- private detective
- 私家侦探
- She hired a private detective to find her missing brother.她雇了一名私家侦探寻找失踪的弟弟。
- detective story
- 侦探故事
- I love reading detective stories by Agatha Christie.我喜欢读阿加莎·克里斯蒂的侦探故事。
- detective work
- 侦探工作
- The case required a lot of detective work to solve.这个案件需要大量的侦探工作来破解。
- police detective
- 警探
- The police detective questioned the suspect for hours.警探审问了嫌疑人几个小时。
- detective agency
- 侦探事务所
- He runs his own detective agency in the city center.他在市中心经营自己的侦探事务所。
- homicide detective
Learner notes
Memory Tip
detect（发现）+ ive（人）→ 发现线索的人，即侦探。
Context & Register
中性词，常用于指警察中的侦探或一般调查员，适用于正式和非正式场合。
Grammar Note
可数名词，指侦探
Pronunciation & Spelling
All words share the spelling '-ive' but differ in stressed vowel (e.g., /ɛ/, /æ/, /ɑ/, /eɪ/). They do not rhyme with 'detective'.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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