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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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？
• And if a new admin were to inherit our craftily configured server, it would take quite a bit of detective work in order to even begin to understand how we configured everything.
  并且，如果一个新管理员要接管我们这台经过巧妙配置的服务器，则即使是为了首先理解我们如何配置每件东西，也要采取相当多的探测工作。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；