柯林斯詞典investigate /?n?v?st??ɡe?t/ (investigating,investigated,investigates) 1. V-T/V-I If someone, especially an official, investigates an event, situation, or claim, they try to find out what happened or what is the truth. 調(diào)查 They're still investigating the accident. 他們還在調(diào)查這個(gè)事故。2. investigationN-VAR 調(diào)查 He ordered an investigation into the affair. 他下令對(duì)此事進(jìn)行調(diào)查。 返回 investigate劍橋詞典to examine a crime , problem , statement , etc. carefully , especially to discover the truth （尤指為揭開(kāi)真相）調(diào)查，審查 Police are investigating allegations of corruption involving senior executives . 警方正在調(diào)查對(duì)高級(jí)管理人員涉嫌貪污的指控。 [ 動(dòng)詞后面接一個(gè)疑問(wèn)詞 ] We are of course investigating how an error like this could have occurred . 我們當(dāng)然正在調(diào)查發(fā)生此類(lèi)錯(cuò)誤的原因。 例句 Scotland Yard have been called in to investigate the murder .The remit of this official inquiry is to investigate the reasons for the accident .The government set up a commission to investigate the problem of inner city violence .The UN is investigating new methods of population control .I wonder what that noise was in the kitchen - I'd better go and investigate. 返回 investigate