suspect
US: /ˈsəsˌpɛkt/, /səˈspɛkt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
suspect /'sʌspekt/
- tính từ
- đáng ngờ, khả nghi; bị tình nghi
- đáng ngờ, khả nghi; bị tình nghi
- danh từ
- người khả nghi; người bị tình nghi
- người khả nghi; người bị tình nghi
- ngoại động từ
- nghi, ngờ, nghi ngờ, hoài nghi
- to suspect danger: ngờ có nguy hiểm
- to suspect somebody of a crime: nghi người nào phạm tội
- to suspect the authenticity of the evidence: hoài nghi tính xác thực của chứng cớ
- nghi, ngờ, nghi ngờ, hoài nghi
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun, adjective
+ verb (not used in the progressive tenses)
1 to have an idea that sth is probably true or likely to happen, especially sth bad, but without having definite proof: [VN] If you suspect a gas leak, do not strike a match or even turn on an electric light. + Suspecting nothing, he walked right into the trap. + I didn't want the neighbours suspecting anything. + [V (that)] I began to suspect (that) they were trying to get rid of me. + I suspect (that) she might be lying. + [V] As I had suspected all along, he was not a real policeman. [also VN to inf, VN that]
2 [VN] to be suspicious about sth; to not trust sth: I suspected her motives in offering to help.
3 [VN] ~ sb (of sth / of doing sth) to have an idea that sb is guilty of sth, without having definite proof: He resigned after being suspected of theft. + I suspected her of damaging the equipment. + The drug is suspected of causing over 200 deaths. + Whom do the police suspect?
See also -
suspected adjective: a suspected broken arm + suspected tax evasion + suspected terrorists
+ noun
a person who is suspected of a crime or of having done sth wrong: a murder suspect + He is the prime suspect in the case. + Five suspects have been detained for questioning. + Do you have a list of likely suspects?
+ adjective
1 that may be false and that cannot be relied on: Some of the evidence they produced was highly suspect.
2 that you suspect to be dangerous or illegal: a suspect package (= one that may contain drugs, a bomb, etc.) + a controlled explosion of a suspect device (= a bomb)
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 disbelieve, doubt, mistrust, distrust, harbour or have suspicions about or of, be suspicious of:
Do you suspect the butler?
2 feel, think, believe, sense, have a feeling, fancy, imagine, theorize, guess, surmise, have a sneaking suspicion, think it likely or probable, Colloq expect:
I suspect that the butler might have done it.
adj.
3 suspicious, questionable, doubtful, dubious, shady, shadowy; suspected:
If you ask me, his behaviour since boarding the Orient Express has been highly suspect.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
chief, main, number one, prime
She has been identified as the prime suspect.
| likely, obvious, possible, potential | usual | murder, terrorist
VERB + SUSPECT
have, identify (sb as)
The police have several suspects.
| arrest, detain, hold, round up
The army rounded up all the usual terrorist suspects.
| interrogate, interview, question | release | extradite, hand over
PREP.
~ for
The letter makes him a possible suspect for her murder.
| ~ in
Two men were arrested as suspects in the bombing.
VERBS
be, look, seem, sound | render sth
The theory is rendered suspect by its reliance on now discredited sources.
ADV.
deeply, highly, very
Some of the evidence was deeply suspect.
| increasingly | a bit, a little, rather, slightly, somewhat | politically
the forced adoption of children of politically suspect citizens
1 believe that sth may happen/be true
ADV.
strongly | rather
I rather suspect they were trying to get rid of me.
| rightly, wrongly | all along, always
These revelations only prove what I suspected all along.
VERB + SUSPECT
begin to | have reason to
She had no reason to suspect that Sylvia had not been telling the truth.
PHRASES
be widely suspected
It was widely suspected that the cadets had been acting on orders.
2 believe sb is guilty of sth
ADV.
rightly, wrongly
PREP.
of
He was wrongly suspected of the crime.
VERB + SUSPECT
have grounds to, have reason to
PHRASES
have grounds for suspecting sb/sth
Concise English dictionary
suspects|suspected|suspectingsə'spekt ,'səs
noun
+someone who is under suspicion
+a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
verb
+imagine to be the case or true or probable
+regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
+hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty
adj.
+not as expected
