Word · Frequency #8725
suspected
/səˈspektid/
adjective
被怀疑的；涉嫌的
核心释义
believed to be guilty or responsible
- 1.
被怀疑为起因或有过错的。
believed to be a cause or at fault.
被怀疑为起因或有过错的。；有嫌疑的
用法In use
The suspected cause of the fire was a faulty electrical wire.
用法提示：此处 suspected 为形容词，修饰 cause，表示“被怀疑的、疑似的”。
Police questioned the suspected thief for two hours.
用法提示：此处 suspected 为形容词，修饰 thief，意为“涉嫌的”。
The suspected leak in the pipe was finally repaired.
用法提示：此处 suspected 为形容词，修饰 leak，表示“被怀疑存在的”。
be suspected of (doing) sth
He was suspected of stealing the money.
他被怀疑偷了钱。
be suspected to be sth
The virus is suspected to be the cause of the outbreak.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- suspected terrorist
- 可疑恐怖分子
- The police arrested a suspected terrorist at the airport.警方在机场逮捕了一名可疑恐怖分子。
- suspected case
- 疑似病例
- The hospital reported a suspected case of the new virus.医院报告了一例新病毒的疑似病例。
- suspected criminal
- 犯罪嫌疑人
- The suspected criminal was brought to court yesterday.该犯罪嫌疑人昨天被带上法庭。
- suspected thief
- 嫌疑小偷
- A neighbor caught the suspected thief trying to break in.一位邻居抓住了试图闯入的嫌疑小偷。
- suspected arsonist
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想：警察盯着你，你就是suspected（有嫌疑的）。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：legal、medical、general 该词作为形容词，通常用于中性语境，在法律、医学及一般描述中常见。
语法说明Grammar Note
通常用作表语或定语，后接介词of表示涉嫌对象
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all share the ending spelling '-ected' and are pronounced with the same sound /ɛktɪd/. Note that the '-cted' ending sounds like /ktɪd/.
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