criminalistics

/ˌkri-mə-nə-ˈli-stiks ˌkrim-nə-ˈli-/ (ame, mw)

criminalistics — noun

1. the use of science to find, collect, and study physical proof from a crime so th

1.名詞C2
釋義

the use of science to find, collect, and study physical proof from a crime so that investigators can understand what happened

例句

In criminalistics, Diego learned how to compare fingerprints from a window.

pattern: in criminalistics

The police lab used criminalistics to test the blood on Karim's jacket.

use criminalistics to + verb

同義詞
  • forensic science

    the broader and more common label for scientific work used in legal investigation

  • forensics

    a shorter and often less formal way to refer to this kind of evidence-based work

文法句型

criminalistics + singular verb

用法筆記

Usually uncountable and used for the field, not for one test or one object. For the things found at a scene, say evidence or physical evidence, not criminalistics.

常見錯誤

❌Criminalistics are important in every murder case.
✅Criminalistics is important in every murder case.
💡As the name of a field, criminalistics usually takes a singular verb.
❌The detective collected three criminalistics from the floor.
✅The detective collected three pieces of evidence from the floor.
💡criminalistics names the field, not the objects found at a scene.