policeman• Not very far away there was also a policeman.• A policeman was slightly injured when he was struck by falling stones in the Umbrian town of Sellano.• I expect to be questioned and not believed about winking at the man, but the policeman does not seem interested.• The motorist was the kind the policeman liked.• The policemancarried on walking, following the figure.• Thirty policemen were massacred in Rukum last week when the rebels launched a directassault on their heavily fortifiedheadquarters.• Two policemen forcibly took her arms from around her son, and led him out to the car to join his sister.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + POLICEMAN | POLICEMAN + VERBADJECTIVE➤senior高級警察▸➤ordinary普通警察◇the duties of the ordinary policeman普通警察的職責➤local地方警察➤uniformed穿制服的警察▸➤plain-clothes, undercover便衣/卧底警察➤armed武裝警察▸➤military憲兵➤traffic交通警察➤border邊防警察▸➤off-duty休班警察VERB + POLICEMAN➤call打電話叫警察◇A policeman was called to the house just after midnight.剛過午夜時,有人打電話叫警察趕到那幢房子。POLICEMAN + VERB➤patrol sth警察巡邏⋯➤raid sth警察突襲⋯▸➤arrest sb, stop sb警察逮捕某人/阻止某人➡ see also officer
policeman ♦︎ officer ♦︎ detective ♦︎ police officer ♦︎ cop ♦︎ constable ♦︎ PC/WPC ♦︎ policewoman ♦︎ trooperThese are all words for a member of the police.這些詞均表示警察。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a uniformed policeman / officer / police officer / cop / policewoman◆a plain-clothes policeman / officer / detective / police officer / cop / policewoman◆an undercover policeman / officer / detective / police officer / cop◆an off-duty policeman / officer / detective / police officer / policewoman / cop◆a senior policeman / officer / detective / police officer / policewoman◆a policeman / an officer / a detective / a police officer / a cop / a constable arrests sb / investigates sth◆a policeman / an officer / a police officer / a cop / a constable patrols sth■policeman [countable] a male member of the police男警察◆A policeman was called to the house just after midnight.午夜剛過,一名警察接報來到這所房子。■officer [countable] a member of the police, often used as a form of address(常用於稱謂)警察◆Yes, officer, I saw what happened.是,警官先生,我看到了發生的事。◆We spoke to the duty officer at the police station.我們在警察局跟值班警察說了。◆I tried to find out who was the officer in charge of the case.我設法弄清楚誰是負責本案的警察。ⓘ In the US, officer is also used as a title for a member of the police.在美國,officer還用作警察的頭銜◆Officer Dibble迪布爾警官■detective dɪˈtektɪv [countable] a person, especially a member of the police, whose job is to examine crimes and catch criminals偵探;警探◆Detective Sergeant John Nelson約翰•納爾遜警長◆Detectives investigating the case are appealing for witnesses to the attack.調查此案的警探呼籲這起襲擊的目擊者出來作證。ⓘ Detective is a rank of a police officer who investigates crimes. It is often part of a title such as Detective Inspector or Detective Constable. * detective表示負責犯罪調查的警官這一警銜,常作爲頭銜的一部分,如Detective Inspector(偵緝督察)或Detective Constable(警員)。■poˈlice officer [countable] a member of the police警察◆The plans were drawn up at a meeting of senior police officers.這些方案是在一次高級警官會議上起草的。NOTE辨析 Policeman, officer or police officer?Policeman is the most frequent word used for a member of the police, especially by ordinary people in conversation. Officer and police officer are words used by the police, in more formal contexts such as news reports, and in order to avoid referring to the gender of the person. Officer is used instead of police officer when the context makes it clear that you are talking about a police officer, not any other kind of officer, especially when it forms part of another compound noun. * policeman最常用,尤用於普通人的談話中。officer和police officer乃警方用語,或用於新聞報道等較正式的語境中,或用以避免涉及警官性别。當上下文語義清楚,尤其在officer構成複合名詞時,用officer而不用police officer◆We spoke to the duty police officer at the police station.■cop [countable] (informal) a police officer警察◆The film is based on the true story of a New York cop.本片以一名紐約警察的真實故事爲藍本。◆Somebody call the cops!哪位幫忙報警啊!ⓘ The cops is often used to mean 'the police' in general. * the cops常指警方。■constableˈkʌnstəbl; NAmEˈkɑːnstəbl [countable](in the UK and some other countries) a police officer of the lowest rank(英國和其他一些國家的警察中最低級别的)警員◆Have you finished your report yet, Constable?你的報告寫完了嗎,警員?◆The children were taken out of the room by a woman police constable.孩子們被一名女警員帶到了房間外。◆Special constables provide part-time assistance for the regular police force.兼職糾察可以補充正規警力。ⓘ Constable is a rank and is mainly used within the police when referring to or talking to particular police officers with this rank, including as a title. * constable是個級别,主要在警察内部使用,指這一級别的警察,或用於稱呼這一級别的警察,也作頭銜◆Constable Quinn奎恩警員It is not used to refer to groups of police officers or the police in general. In the UK, a chief constable is a senior police officer who is in charge of the police force in a particular area. * constable不用來指一群警察,也不用來統稱警方。在英國,chief constable指地區警察局長。■PC■WPC [countable] (BrE) the abbreviations for 'police constable' and 'woman police constable'; used as titles警員,女警員(police constable和woman police constable的縮寫,用作頭銜)◆PC Jason Adams is a community policeman patrolling the estate.賈森•亞當斯警員是在這個住宅區巡邏的社區警察。◆WPC Karen Mills was praised for her swift action.卡倫•米爾斯警員因行動迅速受到表揚。■policewoman [countable] a female police officer女警察◆A plain-clothes policewoman waited at the entrance to her office.一名女便衣在她辦公室門外等候。■trooper [countable] (NAmE) a member of a State police force州警察◆The teenager was shot by a state trooper during a drugs raid.在一次緝毒行動中,那個少年被州警察擊中。