dossier
/ˈdɒsieɪ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈdɔːsieɪ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈdȯs-ˌyā ˈdäs-; ˈdȯ-sē-ˌā, ˈdä-/ (ame, mw)
dossier — noun
- dossiersingular
- dossiersplural
1. A collection of detailed documents and records about a person, an event, or a su
A collection of detailed documents and records about a person, an event, or a subject, kept for official, legal, or investigative purposes — for example, a police file on a suspect, or a candidate's background folder used in hiring.
The police kept a thick dossier on Kwame, with photos and phone records.
collocation: dossier on [person]
Elena's dossier contained interview notes and copies of old letters.
dossier + contained [documents]
Before the interview, Wei checked the dossier on each person being considered.
The judge asked the clerk to bring the woman's dossier to the hearing.
Each new employee's dossier holds their training history and test results.
- file
more general and less formal; can be a single document or a folder of any content
- records
broader; refers to any collected information, not necessarily in one folder
- archive
a historical or long-term collection; implies preservation rather than active investigation
- brief
specifically a legal document summarising a case; narrower than dossier
文法句型
dossier + on/about + [person/subject]
dossier + containing + [documents]
用法筆記
Frequently appears in official, legal, and journalistic contexts. In everyday conversation, file or folder is preferred over dossier.