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

• But this kind of detective work is daunting.
  但这种侦查工作颇为艰巨。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Here's where the detective work and the fun begins.
  探索工作，趣味所在将从这里开始。
• 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。”
• 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。
• 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。