detective

• adj. 偵探的
• n. 偵探

來自detect,查明，偵查。

detective (n.)

1850, short for detective police, from detective (adj.), 1843; see detect + -ive.

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。

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2. I don't have to be a detective to figure that out.

我不是偵探也想得出。

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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。

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4. Despite careful detective work, many items have never been recovered.

盡管進行了悉心探查，許多物品還是一直沒有找回。

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5. The detective was trying to winkle information out of her.

偵探試圖從她那兒套取信息。

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