習(xí)語:
a private eye
講解:a private eye 是美國俚語,相當于a private detective 指“私家偵探”。
支持范例:
The only way he could find out if they were having an affair would be to hire a private eye.
他能查出他們之間是否有曖昧關(guān)系的唯一辦法就是雇個私人偵探。
迷你對話:
A:What's his job?
他是做什么的?
B:He used to be a policeman.
他過去是當警察的。
A:But Mrs.Smith hired him to find her lost son.
可史密斯太太雇用他尋找失散的兒子。
B:Yeah. He's a private eye now.
沒錯,他現(xiàn)在是私家偵探了。
詞海拾貝:
used to do sth:過去常常做某事
lost son:失散的兒子
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