| 词组 | suspect |
| 释义 | verb | noun suspect1 /səˈspekt/ verb to think that something is probably true, especially something badadverbsstrongly suspect sth I strongly suspect the rumour may be true.never suspect sth Her parents never suspected she was pregnant.be widely suspected (=by many people) He is widely suspected of ordering the massacre.have always suspected sth also have suspected sth all along (=all the time) Police had suspected all along that the husband was the murderer.have long suspected sth (=for a long time) People have long suspected that he was involved in the princess’s death.nounssuspect murder The police do not suspect murder at this stage.suspect foul play (=think that something bad or illegal has been done, especially that someone has been murdered) We were told it was an accident but many people suspected foul play.prepositionssuspect sb of sth They suspected her of being a spy.phrasesbegin to suspect sth I was beginning to suspect that she didn’t love me at all.have reason to suspect sth Do you have any reason to suspect that he is not telling the truth? verb | noun suspect2 /ˈsʌspekt/ noun someone who is thought to be guilty of a crimeadjectivesthe main/chief/prime suspect She was the prime suspect in a murder case.the number one suspect (=the main suspect) The person who finds the body is often the number one suspect.a possible/potential suspect The police have drawn up a list of possible suspects.a likely suspect For a shooting like this, the Mafia were always the likely suspects.nouns + suspecta murder/burglary/terror etc suspect The murder suspect is a man in his early 20s.verbsarrest a suspect Detectives arrested the suspect after a five-day operation.detain a suspect (=keep them under arrest at a police station etc) Two suspects were detained for further questioning.name sb as a suspect A British man was yesterday named as a suspect in the bombings.question/interrogate/interview a suspect Police confirmed that six suspects are being questioned.prepositionsa suspect in sth The 24-year-old man is the chief suspect in a recent bomb attack. |
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