investigate

英 [ɪnˈvestɪɡeɪt]

美 [ɪnˈvestɪɡeɪt]

v. 侦查(某事); 调查(某人); 研究; 调查

过去分词：investigated　现在分词：investigating　过去式：investigated　第三人称单数：investigates　

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同义词辨析

investigate examine explore probe【导航词义：调查】

investigatev. 调查

〔辨析〕

指查明事故、犯罪、科学问题等的真相。

〔例证〕

A group of government officials are investigating the incident.
一个由政府官员组成的小组正在调查此事件。
He is being investigated by the police on suspicion of embezzlement.
他因涉嫌挪用公款而正在接受警方调查。

examinev. 检查，审查

〔辨析〕

表示仔细、彻底地查看某物，以便发现更多信息。

〔例证〕

The police will have to examine the only piece of physical evidence for fingerprints.
警察得检查这唯一的物证有没有指纹。
A team of experts were sent to examine the wreckage of the airplane.
一队专家被派去检查飞机的残骸。

explorev. 考察，勘查

〔辨析〕

指走访并探察某地以了解相关信息。

〔例证〕

Did they explore the land to the north of the mountain?
他们勘查那座山以北的地区了吗？
Paris is a wonderful city to explore.
巴黎是个值得考察的美妙城市。

probev. 调查，探究

〔辨析〕

指追查不为人知的事，尤指打探别人不愿透露的事。

〔例证〕

She always wants to probe too deeply into others' personal affairs.
她总是想过多地打探别人的私事。
The police have probed claims that he sold fake medicine.
警方已经就有人称他出售假药一事进行了调查。

牛津词典

verb

调查，侦查（某事）
to carefully examine the facts of a situation, an event, a crime, etc. to find out the truth about it or how it happened
1. The FBI has been called in to investigate.
  联邦调查局奉命进行调查。
2. ‘What was that noise?’ ‘I'll go and investigate.’
  “那是什么声音？”“我去看一下。”
3. Police are investigating possible links between the murders.
  警察正在调查这些谋杀案之间是否存在关联。
调查（某人）
to try to find out information about sb's character, activities, etc.
1. This is not the first time he has been investigated by the police for fraud.
  这不是警方第一次调查他是否有欺诈行为。
研究；调查
to find out information and facts about a subject or problem by study or research
1. Scientists are investigating the effects of diet on fighting cancer.
  科学家正在研究饮食的抗癌作用。
2. The research investigates how foreign speakers gain fluency.
  这项研究旨在调查讲外语的人如何增加流利程度。

柯林斯词典

VERB 调查;审查
If someone, especially an official,investigatesan event, situation, or claim, they try to find out what happened or what is the truth.
1. Gas officials are investigating the cause of an explosion which badly damaged a house in Hampshire...
  煤气系统的官员正在调查一起瓦斯爆炸的起因,这起事故严重毁坏了汉普郡的一所房屋。
2. The two officers were being investigated by the director of public prosecutions...
  两名警官正在接受检察官的审查。
3. Police are still investigating how the accident happened.
  警方仍然在调查事故的起因。

英英释义

verb

conduct an inquiry or investigation of
1. The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities
2. inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady
Synonym:inquireenquire
investigate scientifically
1. Let's investigate the syntax of Chinese
Synonym:look into

双语例句

OBJECTIVE: To explore on the emergence of sports fatigue and investigate the way of eliminating or alleviating fatigue.
目的：探讨运动性疲劳的产生机制和消除或缓解运动性疲劳的方法。
Objective To investigate the effects of hyaluronan on phagocytosis of macrophages and to explore the mechanism.
目的研究透明质酸对巨噬细胞吞噬功能的影响及其机制。
They say the government is not doing enough to investigate tens of thousands of killings and disappearances over the past few years.
他们说政府在调查过去的数年中发生的成千上万的谋杀和失踪事件上做得并不够。
Objective To investigate the method and effect of diathesis training to workers at sterilization and supply room.
目的探讨消毒供应室人员的素质培训方法和效果。
Congress is being asked to investigate why it took so long for government regulators to shut the plant down
人们要求国会调查政府监管机构为何花了这么长时间才关闭该工厂。
It is only fairly recently that historians have begun to investigate the question
只是到最近历史学家才开始探究这个问题。
Objective To investigate the relationship between the expression and regulation of osteopontin ( OPN) and urolithiasis.
目的探讨骨桥蛋白（OPN）的表达和调控与尿石症的关系。
To investigate the effects of burdock oligosaccharide on the seeding growth of Cassia obtusifolia.
研究了不同浓度的牛蒡寡糖溶液对草决明幼苗生长的影响。
A committee was constituted to investigate the bottom cause of the accident.
成立了一个委员会，调查事故发生的根本原因。
Have you begun to investigate factories?
你开始调查工厂了吗？