detective work

英 [dɪˈtektɪv wɜːk]

美 [dɪˈtektɪv wɜːrk]

调查;探究

英英释义

noun

• a police investigation to determine the perpetrator
  1. detection is hard on the feet
  Synonym:detectiondetectingsleuthing

双语例句

• Due diligence is more a matter of detective work than fact-checking.
  尽职调查更多成为一种侦探工作，而非核实事实。
• The clues are too sketchy, so it's hard to carry out our detective work.
  由于线索过于疏略，我们的侦破工作难度很大。那名侦探破门而入。侦查工作有重大突破。
• This way, you can disguise your detective work as small-talk and surprise her with a perfect night out that fits her interests.
  你可以用聊天的方式来掩饰你的侦探工作，根据她的兴趣爱好趁约会之夜给她一个惊喜。
• Almost ten years after its publication, the aged professor still got very excited over his book: "It was detective work. I had a lot of fun working on it."
  在这本书出版几乎十年以后，这位上了年纪的教授谈起这本书依然很兴奋：“这是一本侦探性的书，写这本书时可有意思了。”
• Now the detective work starts.
  现在侦探工作开始了。
• ` I did some detective work and discovered that trees were sometimes used as "wishing trees".
  我做过一些调查，发现有时人们把树当作‘许愿树’。
• Customers sip each layer slowly: Trying to figure out what's in each one is a fun act of gustatory detective work.
  茶客一层层地慢慢啜饮：他们竭力想弄清楚每一层到底都有些什么，舌头就像是在寻找罪犯蛛丝马迹的警员，很有趣味。
• This morning I got her to do a bit of detective work.
  今天上午我让她又做了点查询工作。
• Well, Francis, do you suppose you could undertake a little piece of detective work for me, and handle it intelligently and quietly?
  那么，法兰西斯，你可以给我办一件小小的侦探工作，而且干得又巧妙，又秘密吗？
• Experts from Brazil and Europe have joined in the detective work at USDA's bee lab in suburban Washington.
  来自巴西，欧洲的科学家已经加入了在位于华盛顿郊区的USDA蜜蜂实验室的探测工作。