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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。”
• 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 this kind of detective work is daunting.
  但这种侦查工作颇为艰巨。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。