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de·tect /dɪˈtɛkt, di-/
(vt.)察覺,發覺;偵查,探測;對…檢波
detect
檢測
De·tect v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detected; p. pr. & vb. n. Detecting.]
1. To uncover; to discover; to find out; to bring to light; as, to detect a crime or a criminal; to detect a mistake in an account.
Plain good intention . . . is as easily discovered at the first view, as fraud is surely detected at last. --Burke.
Like following life through creatures you dissect,
You lose it in the moment you detect. --Pope.
2. To inform against; to accuse. [Obs.]
He was untruly judged to have preached such articles as he was detected of. --Sir T. More.
Syn: -- To discover; find out; lay bare; expose.
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detect
v : discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of;
"She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water";
"We found traces of lead in the paint" [syn: observe, find,
discover, notice]