每日一词 suspect

suspect

英 [sə'spekt] 美 [sə'spekt]

v.怀疑；猜想 n.嫌疑犯 adj.可疑的；不可信的

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◉常见例句

(1) They suspected an ambush.

(2) I suspect he was lying by the boy's abnormal behaviour.

(3) Just at that time, I began to suspect whether to tell her that matter.

(4) She has more intelligence than we suspected her to possess.

(5) He's a prime suspect in the murder case.

(6) The police couldn't prove the suspect's guilt.

(7) His fitness is suspect, so we can't risk including him in the team.

(8) His statements are suspect.

(1) 他们怀疑有埋伏。

(2) 从那个男孩的反常举动中,我怀疑他在撒谎。

(3) 只是在那个时候,我开始怀疑我是否应该告诉她那件事。

(4) 她的智慧比我们猜想的要高。

(5) 他是这次谋杀案的主要怀疑对象

(6) 警察不能证实嫌疑犯的罪行。

(7) 他的健康令人怀疑,所以我们不能冒险接受他入队。

(8) 他的陈述可疑。

◉词汇拆解

suspect: sus(sub: under, from below) + spect(to look) -> to look at someone from below

◉Usage notes

A suspect is a person who is believed to be guilty of a crime. If you leave the scene of a murder with blood on your hands and a weapon in your pocket, you’re likely to become a prime suspect.

If others believe you have committed a crime, you are a suspect. The word can also be used as a verb and an adjective. To suspect someone of something is to believe that they probably did it. Do you ever suspect your parents of taking some of your Halloween candy? If something such as someone's excuse or motive is suspect, it seems a bit off. That bad-smelling piece of fish is suspect — you'd better not eat it.

◉柯林斯词典

The verb is pronounced /sə'spekt/. The noun and adjective are pronounced /'sʌspekt/. 动词读作 /sə'spekt/，名词和形容词读作 /'sʌspekt/。

1. [VERB 动词]猜想；觉得 You use suspect when you are stating something that you believe is probably true, in order to make it sound less strong or direct.

① I suspect they were right...

我感觉他们是对的。

② The above complaints are, I suspect, just the tip of the iceberg...

我想，以上的抱怨只是冰山一角。

③ Do women really share such stupid jokes? We suspect not.

女人们真的会觉得如此愚蠢的笑话好笑吗？我们想不会。

2. [VERB 动词]怀疑；疑心 If you suspect that something dishonest or unpleasant has been done, you believe that it has probably been done. If you suspect someone of doing an action of this kind, you believe that they probably did it.

① He suspected that the woman staying in the flat above was using heroin...

他怀疑楼上公寓里的那个女人正在吸食海洛因。

② Police said they suspected that Sobhraj had accomplices who are drug smugglers...

警方说他们怀疑索布拉还有一些走私毒品的同伙。

③ It was perfectly all right, he said, because the police had not suspected him of anything...

他说，什么事都没有，因为警察一点也没有怀疑到他。

④ You don't really think Webb suspects you?...

你不是真的认为韦布怀疑你吧？

⑤ Frears was rushed to hospital with a suspected heart attack.

弗里尔斯疑似心脏病发作，被紧急送往医院。

3. [N-COUNT 可数名词]嫌疑犯；可疑分子 A suspect is a person who the police or authorities think may be guilty of a crime.

Police have arrested a suspect in a series of killings and sexual assaults in the city.

警察已经逮捕了一名涉嫌在该市犯下一系列杀人及强奸案的嫌疑犯。

4. [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]不可靠的；不可信的；可能有假的；可疑的 Suspect things or people are ones that you think may be dangerous or may be less good or genuine than they appear.

① Delegates evacuated the building when a suspect package was found...

发现可疑包裹后，代表们撤离了这座楼。

② The firm has taken out adverts in national newspapers to urge customers to return suspect products...

该公司在全国性的报纸上登出广告，催促顾客退回疑似假冒产品。

③ The whole affair has been highly suspect.

整件事情一直都非常可疑。