detective
noun
dɪˈtektɪv
noun
1
a
police
officer
whose
job
is
to
discover
information
about
crimes
and
catch
criminals
侦探，警探
2
private detective
also
又作
someone
who
is
paid
to
discover
information
about
someone
or
something
私人侦探，私家侦探
She
hired
a
detective
to
find
out
if
her
husband
was
having
an
affair.
她雇了一个私人侦探调查她丈夫是否有外遇。
3
detective work
efforts
to
discover
information,
find
out
how
something
works,
answer
a
difficult
question
etc
调查工作，研究工作
It
took
a
lot
of
detective
work
to
discover
the
cause
of
the
problem.
做了大量的调查研究工作才发现问题的原因。
4
detective story/novel etc
a
story
etc
about
a
crime,
often
a
murder,
and
a
detective
who
tries
to
find
out
who
did
it
侦探故事/小说等