suspect

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in Vietnamese T懷疑某人做了錯事或非法之事,但沒有證據

BrE /səˈspekt/ AmE /səˈspɛkt/

verb / noun en → vi

past suspected pp suspected ing suspecting

1 BELIEVE INNOCENCE [transitive] B1

T懷疑某人做了錯事或非法之事,但沒有證據

to think that someone has done something wrong or illegal, but without proof

  • suspect somebody of doing something

Collocations suspect someone of theft · suspect someone of fraud

  • The police suspect him of involvement in the robbery.

    Cảnh sát nghi ngờ anh ta có liên quan đến vụ cướp.

2 THINK UNLIKELY [transitive] B1

T怀疑某事为真或可能,但不确定

to think that something is true or likely, but not certain

  • suspect something

Collocations suspect a problem · suspect an error

  • I suspect there might be a mistake in the report.

    Tôi nghi ngờ có thể có một lỗi trong báo cáo.

3 PERSON [noun] B1

Người bị nghi ngờ đã phạm tội hoặc làm điều gì sai trái nhưng chưa được chứng minh là có tội

a person who is thought to have committed a crime or done something wrong, but has not yet been proved guilty

  • the main suspect

Collocations prime suspect · main suspect

  • The police have identified several suspects.

    Cảnh sát đã xác định được một số nghi phạm.