| 单词 | private eye |
| 释义 | private eye (once / 24023 pages) n A private eye is a detective who works for private customers, rather than with a police department. If a local dog thief steals your poodle, you might want to hire a private eye to investigate. The informal private eye comes from private investigator and its frequent shorthand, PI. Private eyes are probably most common in detective novels, although they are frequently hired (in real life) by lawyers to investigate suspicious insurance claims and divorce cases. Investors sometimes hire private eyes to examine businesses before they invest money, too. The earliest known private eye set up shop in 1830s France. WORD FAMILYprivate eye: private eyes USAGE EXAMPLESRichard Brooks, Private Eye journalist and author of The Great Tax Robbery is more pessimistic than the Panama Papers journalists. BBC(Dec 25, 2016) A recurring joke expressing political exasperation in British satirical magazine Private Eye runs: “Time to end the disastrous democratic experiment.” The Guardian(Nov 15, 2016) Private Eye was among the publications sued by Anglesea. BBC(Oct 23, 2016) n someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information Syn|Hypo|Hyper PI, operative, private detective, private investigator, shamus, sherlock hotel detective, house detective, house dick a private detective employed by a hotel or retail store inquiry agenta private detective store detectivea private detective employed by a merchant to stop pilferage detective an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public |
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