"suspects" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 嫌疑人

Definition

指警方認為可能犯了罪的人。也可以指被認為捲入某件錯誤或可疑事情的人。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

通常作複數名詞，用於警務或犯罪語境，如 'the suspects were arrested'。'suspect' 也可以作動詞（'I suspect he's lying'）和形容詞（'a suspect package'），不要混淆。日常使用中，這個詞語氣較正式，也比較嚴肅。

Examples

The police questioned two suspects last night.

警方昨晚審問了兩名**嫌疑人**。

The suspects ran away when they saw the car.

這些**嫌疑人**看到那輛車時逃跑了。

All three suspects are under twenty years old.

三名**嫌疑人**都不到二十歲。

The detectives think the suspects knew each other before the robbery.

偵探認為這些**嫌疑人**在搶劫前就彼此認識。

One of the suspects is finally talking, so the case may move faster now.

其中一名**嫌疑人**終於開口了，所以這個案子現在可能會進展得更快。

They released the suspects because there wasn't enough evidence.

他們釋放了這些**嫌疑人**，因為證據不足。