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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But after some detective work of his own, he apparently discovered the culprit was a star-struck neighbour.
  但在经过自己的一番侦查后，他发现这个网络跟踪狂其实是他的邻居。
• After a lot of detective work, I managed to find out where my old school friend was living.
  经大量调查，我设法查明了老校友的住处。
• Detective work is Iike dating.
  探长的工作就好像约会。
• 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。
• 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。”
• The ingredients in a whole grain frozen waffle will vary depending upon the brand you choose, so you need to do a little detective work.
  你要确定，你选的真的全部都是由谷物组成的面包，你需要一点小小的调查工作。
• But with just a handful of bones to go on, it takes a lot of detective work to determine which features spell the difference between living another day and going the way of the dodo.
  但仅凭着手头这些恐龙骨骼化石，我们还要做大量的查证工作来确定，到底是哪些特征导致有些种类的恐龙可以以不同的方式生存了下来，而有些则走向灭绝。