The Investigation
调查
Investigation Basics
调查基础
investigator 调查员
authorities 当局
suspect 嫌疑人
witness 证人
bystander 旁观者
lead 线索
evidence 证据
clue 线索
scene of the crime 犯罪现场
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to investigate 调查
to solve 解决
Suspicion immediately fell on the boyfriend.
怀疑立即落在男友身上。
The suspect fits the description provided by the eyewitnesses.
嫌疑人与目击者提供的描述相符。
The suspect is armed and dangerous.
嫌疑人持有武器且危险。
The investigators are pursuing a promising lead.
调查人员正在追查一条有希望的线索。
Somebody tipped off the police.
有人向警方报案。
The case went unsolved for many years. The break came when the killer started to write taunting letters to the police.
此案多年未决。当凶手开始向警方写嘲讽信时,案情出现了突破。
Case closed! We solved the mystery.
案件结束!我们解开了谜团。
We had to connect the dots to solve this case.
我们必须将这些点连起来才能解决这个案子。
The detectives finally cracked the case.
侦探们终于破案了。
表达式
I haven't got a clue.
我完全不知道。
Evidence Gathering
证据收集
search warrant 搜查令
crime lab 犯罪实验室
forensics 法医学
ballistics 弹道学
autopsy 验尸
coroner 法医
cold case 悬案
DNA evidence DNA证据
missing person 失踪人口
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Dust for fingerprints.
检查指纹。
Searching the house didn't turn up anything.
房屋搜查一无所获。
Surveillance
监视
undercover 卧底
undercover agent 卧底官员
undercover operation 诱捕行动
to tail 跟踪
The undercover agent infiltrated the drug ring.
卧底官员渗透了贩毒集团。
The detectives staked out the home of the suspected drug dealer.
侦探们对涉嫌贩毒者的房屋进行了监视。
They tried to tail us but we managed to lose them in the botanical garden.
他们试图跟踪我们,但我们在植物园里甩掉了他们。
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Identification
识别
lineup 警察 lineup
snitch informal 告密者
informant 线人
to identify 识别
to incriminate 使有罪
to accuse 指控
The investigators found incriminating evidence against him in the basement.
调查人员在地下室发现了对他不利的证据。
The witness IDed the suspect. We've got our man.
证人指认了嫌疑人。我们抓到他了。
I've been framed. It wasn't me.
我被陷害了。不是我。
They say he's a snitch — that's why he's still walking around free.
他们说他是告密者——这就是为什么他还在外面。
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Questioning
审讯
alias 别名
interrogation 审讯
confession 供认
alibi 不在场证明
to interrogate 审问
to confess 承认
to detain 拘留
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You're wanted by the police for questioning.
警方想审问她。
The suspect was detained for questioning.
嫌疑人已被带去审问。
The suspect has many aliases.
嫌疑人有很多别名。
The suspect was interrogated by the police.
嫌疑人被警方审问。
Where were you last night?
你昨晚在哪里?
His alibi checks out.
他的不在场证明成立。
He failed the lie detector test.
他没通过测谎仪测试。
She took the rap for him.
她为他顶罪了。
Arrest
逮捕
warrant 逮捕令
arrest warrant 逮捕令
mugshot 嫌犯照片
to arrest 逮捕
to apprehend 逮捕
to release 释放
The officers arrested him for public intoxication.
警察因他行为不检而逮捕了他。
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You're under arrest. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.
你被捕了。你有权保持沉默。你说的任何话都可能并将在法庭上对你不利。
We've got a warrant for your arrest.
我们有你的逮捕令。
What's the charge?
罪名是什么?
attempted murder and resisting arrest.
企图谋杀和拒捕。
I turned myself in. I couldn't live with a murder on my conscience.
我自首了。我无法昧着良心生活。
The suspect gave us the slip.
嫌疑人从我们手中溜走了。
Due to the lack of evidence, he was released.
由于证据不足,他被释放了。