a tracer for [something]
tracer 后接 for 表示追踪的目标。
The police hired a tracer for missing persons.
警方雇用了一名寻找失踪人口的追踪者。
追踪者
寻人寻物调查员;描图仪;放射性示踪剂;描图者;描绘工具;[计] 跟踪程序
an investigator who finds missing people or lost goods
A compound, element, or isotope used to track the progress or history of a natural process.
寻人寻物调查员
an investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods
A round of ammunition for a firearm that contains magnesium or another flammable substance arranged such that it will burn and produce a visible trail when fired in the dark.
描图仪
an instrument used to make tracings
The act or state of tracking or investigating something.
放射性示踪剂
(radiology) any radioactive isotope introduced into the body to study metabolism or other biological processes
A request to trace the movements of a person or an object, such as a shipment.
A person who traces something.
A device or instrument used to assist in making tracings.
A process that traces something, such as the path of execution of a program during debugging.
She works as a tracer, helping families find relatives who have gone missing.
她是一名寻人调查员,帮助家庭寻找失踪的亲人。
用法提示:这里 tracer 是名词,指以寻找失踪人员为职业的调查员。
The museum hired a tracer to recover the stolen paintings.
博物馆聘请了一名追踪员来追回被盗的画作。
用法提示:这里 tracer 作名词,表示受雇查找失踪物品的人。
A tracer was called in to search for the lost documents.
一名寻物调查员被请来搜寻丢失的文件。
用法提示:这里 tracer 是名词,指被请来寻找失物的人。
tracer 后接 for 表示追踪的目标。
The police hired a tracer for missing persons.
警方雇用了一名寻找失踪人口的追踪者。
of 也表示追踪对象,与 for 常可互换。
She is a tracer of missing goods.
她是一名寻找丢失货物的追踪者。
who 引导定语从句,说明追踪者的职责。
A tracer who finds missing persons must be patient.
能找到失踪人口的追踪者必须有耐心。
比 tracer 更常用、正式,可指任何领域的调查人员;不限于查找失踪者或失物。
通常指侦查犯罪案件的警官或私家侦探,强调破案;查找失物或普通失踪者时未必最贴切。
强调沿脚印、气味等线索追踪,可能是人或犬;不强调正式受雇,也常指跟踪器/追踪设备,需按语境区分。
非正式、略带文学色彩,通常指侦探或爱刨根问底的人;在正式或客观语境中不宜直接替换 tracer。
grammar · medium
易错句子She tracers missing luggage for an airline.
正确表达She traces missing luggage for an airline.
tracer 是名词,意为“追踪者/调查员”,不能当动词用。表示“追踪、查找”的动作要用动词 trace;主语是第三人称单数时,动词用 traces。
grammar · medium
易错句子He works as tracer for a detective agency.
正确表达He works as a tracer for a detective agency.
tracer 是可数名词,表示职业或身份时前面需要不定冠词 a/an。中文没有冠词,学习者容易漏掉 a,导致句子不符合英语语法。
tracker 强调持续跟踪行为或跟踪设备,而 tracer 在此义项中指受雇查找失踪者或失踪物品的调查员;tracer 侧重调查工作,tracker 侧重跟踪本身。
trailer 与 tracer 发音、拼写相近,但意思完全不同,指拖车或电影预告片;不要因形近而误认为与追踪、调查有关。
邮政失物调查员
The postal tracer was able to track the misdirected letter.
邮政失物调查员成功追踪到了那封投错的信。
失踪人员调查员
She works as a missing-persons tracer for the city police.
她为市警察局担任失踪人员调查员。
失物追踪员
A tracer of lost goods is often needed in large shipping companies.
大型运输公司通常需要失物追踪员。
熟练的追踪者
Only a skilled tracer could have followed those faint clues.
只有熟练的追踪者才能循着那些微弱的线索追查。
私人调查员
The family hired a private tracer to locate the missing cargo.
这家人雇了一名私人调查员来定位失踪的货物。
前缀:无;词根:trace(追踪/描画);后缀:-er(表人或工具)。同根词:trace、tracing;同后缀词:teacher、worker
tracer 的工作往往涉及搜索失踪人员或物品。
tracer 寻找的对象通常是 missing persons 或 missing goods。
追查过程中需要收集和分析证据。
线索是 tracer 定位下落的重要依据。
tracer 通常在具体案件中展开调查。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.