Word · Frequency #13471
tec
侦探；警探
a police officer who investigates crimes
- 1.
a police officer who investigates crimes
侦探
侦探
In use
The tec questioned the witness for two hours.
She worked as a tec in London for ten years.
The tecs found the missing money in the suspect's car.
be a tec
My uncle is a tec.
我叔叔是一名侦探。
work as a tec
He works as a tec in the police force.
他在警察局当侦探。
the tec who ...
The tec who cracked the case received an award.
破案的那名侦探获得了奖励。
Common mistakes
I want to study tec at university.I want to study tech at university.
拼写混淆：'tec' 是名词 'detective' 的缩写，而 'tech' 是 'technology' 的缩写。学习技术时应使用 'tech'。
The detective tec the case.The detective investigates the case.
词性错误：'tec' 是名词，不能用作动词。应使用动词 'investigates'。
Connections
Collocations
- a private tec
- 私家侦探
- She hired a private tec to investigate the fraud.她雇用了一名私家侦探来调查这起欺诈案。
- tec work
- 侦查工作
- The arrest came after days of patient tec work.经过数日耐心的侦查工作，最终实施了逮捕。
- the tec assigned to the case
- 负责案件的侦探
- The tec assigned to the case questioned every witness.负责这起案件的侦探询问了每一位证人。
Synonyms
- detective
- 侦探（尤指便衣刑事警察） · 最通用、正式；tec 是英式非正式简略说法，正式场合应改用 detective。
- investigator
- 调查员；调查者 · 强调调查行为，可用于警方、私人或机构调查人员，不一定具有警察身份。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
从 detective 里去掉 de 和 tive，剩下的 tec 就是侦探。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：非正式对话、侦探小说或影视台词、非正式报道 “tec”是informal说法，多用于口语或非正式场合，指侦探或刑事调查警探；正式文书或严肃语境中较少见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words rhyme with tec: they share the final /ɛk/ sound. Be careful with lookalikes tic /tɪk/ and tack /tæk/, which have similar spellings but different vowels.
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.