inspector
英 [?n'spekt?]
美 [?n'sp?kt?]
中文詞源
inspector 檢查官來自inspect,檢查，巡視。
英文詞源
- inspector (n.)
- c. 1600, "overseer, superintendent," from Latin inspector, agent noun from past participle stem of inspicere (see inspection). As a police ranking between sergeant and superintendent, it dates from 1840. Related: Inspectorial. Of the 18c. feminine formations, inspectrix (1715) is earlier than inspectress (1785).
雙語例句
- 1. The Inspector remembered her as a small, mousy woman, invariably worried.
- 檢察官記得，她是一個矮小、羞怯、總是悶悶不樂的人。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Inspector Banbury came up to see her, but she sent him away.
- 班伯里巡官過來看她，卻被她打發走了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The Inspector took out a handker-chief and mopped his brow.
- 檢察員掏出手帕，擦了擦眉頭。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. "I don't understand," the Inspector mumbled, passing a hand through his hair.
- “我不明白，”巡官一邊嘟囔道，一邊用手捋了一下頭發。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The story is told through the eyes of Inspector Simon Potter.
- 這個故事是從西蒙·波特巡官的視角講述的。
來自柯林斯例句