investigate

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v. 调查, 审查

发音

/ɪnˈvɛs.tə.ɡeɪt/
US /ɪnˈvɛs.tɪ.ɡeɪ̯t/
US /ɪnˈvɛs.tə.ɡeɪ̯ʔ/

词形变化

investigated investigates 三单 investigates investigatest investigating investigating 现在分词 investigated 过去式 investigated 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

调查；研究

释义与例句

v. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information.

    调查

    及物

    to investigate the causes of natural phenomena

    He was asked to investigate a robbery.

  2. 2.

    To examine, look into, or scrutinize in order to discover something hidden or secret.

    及物

    to investigate an unsolved murder

  3. 3.

    To conduct an inquiry or examination.

    不及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 3

inquire enquire look into

上位词 6

study examine probe analyze canvass analyse

下位词 7

search research spy experiment examine explore probe

词源

Recorded since circa 1510, a back-formation from investigation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from Latin investīgātiō (“a searching into”), from investīgātus, the perfect passive participle of investīgō, equivalent to in- + vestigate. Displaced native Old English undersēċan (literally “to search under or between”).

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