dossier
/ˈdɒsieɪ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈdɔːsieɪ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈdȯs-ˌyā ˈdäs-; ˈdȯ-sē-ˌā, ˈdä-/ (ame, mw)
dossier — 名詞
- dossiersingular
- dossiersplural
1. A collection of detailed documents and records about a person, an event, or a su
卷宗；專案檔案
關於人或事件的詳細文檔
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.
警方保存了一份關於 Kwame 的厚厚卷宗，裡面有照片和通聯記錄。
collocation: dossier on [person]
Elena's dossier contained interview notes and copies of old letters.
Elena 的檔案裡有面試筆記和舊信件的影本。
dossier + contained [documents]
Before the interview, Wei checked the dossier on each person being considered.
面試前，Wei 查閱了每位候選人的資料檔案。
The judge asked the clerk to bring the woman's dossier to the hearing.
法官請書記官把那名女子的卷宗帶到庭上。
Each new employee's dossier holds their training history and test results.
每位新進員工的檔案都包含受訓記錄和測驗成績。
- 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.