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

• Now the detective work starts.
  现在侦探工作开始了。
• 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。
• It's really just detective work.
  真像是侦探推理一样。
• But some people can have a delayed reaction to an asthma trigger, so some extra detective work may be needed.
  但是一些患者会对这些刺激延迟反应，所以一些额外的识别工作是必要的。
• 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。
• "We're still trying to do the detective work here," Milburn said.
  “我们仍在试图做的侦查工作在这里，”米尔本说。
• ` 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’。
• Despite careful detective work, many items have never been recovered.
  尽管进行了悉心探查，许多物品还是一直没有找回。
• USDA's top bee scientist, Jeff Pettis, who is coordinating the detective work on this die-off, has more suspected causes than time, people and money to look into them.
  美国农业部的首席蜜蜂科学家JeffPettis负责协调调查这次蜜蜂死亡，他有更多的人力和财力来调查，他认为除了时间外还有很多可怀疑的原因。
• He said analysts often felt their jobs were more like fortune-telling than serious detective work.
  他表示，分析师们常常觉得，他们的工作更像是算命，而不是严肃的侦查工作。