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

• ` 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’。
• Its success, hailed by the World Health Organisation as a piece of world class epidemiological detective work, is explained by its aggressive, co-ordinated surveillance and control response.
  强有力而协调的监控回应是该国防控成功的原因，世界卫生组织（WHO）称赞其为世界级的流行病学侦探工作。
• 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。
• It's written for people who want to know exactly what versions of what libraries their application is using by typing a command, not by guesses and detective work.
  它的目标人群是安装者而不是分发者；是那些能够通过命令准确知道应用程序所使用的库版本的用户，而不是那些需要猜测库版本的用户；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Are you fascinated by criminology, forensics, and detective work?
  你是否有迷上犯罪学、法医和侦查工作？
• 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。
• 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。