Word · Frequency #8725
suspected
被怀疑的；涉嫌的
believed to be guilty or responsible
- 1.
believed to be a cause or at fault.
被怀疑为起因或有过错的。
被怀疑为起因或有过错的。；有嫌疑的
In use
The suspected cause of the fire was a faulty electrical wire.
Police questioned the suspected thief for two hours.
The suspected leak in the pipe was finally repaired.
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.
该病毒被怀疑是疫情的原因。
suspected + noun
The police arrested a suspected criminal.
警方逮捕了一名嫌疑犯。
Common mistakes
He is suspected to have committed the crime.He is suspected of having committed the crime.
suspected 后应接介词 of 和动名词，而不是不定式 to do；这是固定搭配 be suspected of doing sth.
The police found a suspected item in his bag.The police found a suspicious item in his bag.
suspected 意为'被怀疑的'，通常修饰人；修饰物表示'可疑的'应用 suspicious。两者混淆是常见错误。
Connections
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
- 嫌疑纵火犯
- The fire was set by a suspected arsonist, according to investigators.据调查人员称，火灾是由一名嫌疑纵火犯引发的。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：警察盯着你，你就是suspected（有嫌疑的）。
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。
Grammar Note
通常用作表语或定语，后接介词of表示涉嫌对象
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/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.