detective

detective

英 [dɪ'tektɪv]
　　美 [dɪ'tɛktɪv]

adj. 偵探的
　　n. 偵探

中文詞源：

detective 偵探

來自detect,查明，偵查。

例句：

1. "Once a detective, always a detective," he said lightly.
“一日為偵探，終生為偵探，”他滿不在意地說。

2. I don't have to be a detective to figure that out.
我不是偵探也想得出。

3. Joan Smith's detective stories are a cut above the rest.
瓊·史密斯的偵探小說比其他偵探小說都要出色。

4. Despite careful detective work, many items have never been recovered.
盡管進行瞭悉心探查，許多物品還是一直沒有找回。

5. The detective was trying to winkle information out of her.
偵探試圖從她那兒套取信息。