| 词组 | police officer |
| 释义 | police officer /pəˈliːs ˌɒfəsə/ noun someone who is a member of the police forceadjectives/nouns + police officeran armed/unarmed police officer The house was surrounded by armed police officers. | In the UK, most police officers are unarmed.a plain-clothes police officer (=not wearing a uniform) A plain-clothes police officer followed him across the street.a uniformed police officer (=wearing a uniform) A uniformed police officer got out of the patrol car.an undercover police officer (=a police officer who works secretly in order to catch criminals) She was arrested for trying to sell illegal drugs to an undercover police officer.an off-duty police officer (=a police officer at a time when he or she is not working) The thief was arrested by an off-duty police officer who happened to be in the shop.a local police officer The local police officers can ask for help from outside the region in an emergency.a military police officer Military police officers are responsible for ensuring that army regulations are obeyed.verbsa police officer arrests sb Jones was arrested by a police officer for fighting in the street.a police officer stops sb He was stopped by a police officer, who asked to see his papers.a police officer catches sb The police officer caught the thief as he tried to climb over a wall.shoot a police officer He is accused of shooting a police officer during an attempted robbery.kill a police officer If someone kills a police officer, they will spend a very long time in jail.Police officer or policeman/policewoman?In American English, people always use police officer. In British English, police officer is the preferred term. Policeman and policewoman are often also still used in everyday British English, but they are not considered politically correct. In official contexts, people always use police officer. |
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