investigatory

IPA/ɪnˈves.tɪ.ɡə.tər.i/
KK[ˌɪnvˈɛstəɡətˌɔri]IPA/ɪnˈves.tɪ.ɡə.tɔːr.i/

investigatory — 形容詞

  • investigatorypositive
  • more investigatorycomparative
  • most investigatorysuperlative

1. relating to or carried out as part of the careful examination of something — suc

1.形容詞C1
釋義

調查的

用以調查並找出真相的

relating to or carried out as part of the careful examination of something — such as an accident, a crime, or a claim — in order to establish what really happened.

例句

A parliamentary committee launched an investigatory hearing into the banking scandal.

一個國會委員會就銀行醜聞展開了調查聽證會。

collocation: investigatory hearing

Minh spent six months on investigatory work for a human-rights organisation in Jakarta.

Minh 花了六個月的時間為雅加達的一個人權組織進行調查工作。

collocation: investigatory work

常見搭配
  • investigatory hearing
  • investigatory committee
  • investigatory commission
  • investigatory report
  • investigatory powers
  • investigatory interview
  • investigatory work
  • investigatory fieldwork
同義詞
  • investigative

    broader in use — works for both official procedures (investigative techniques) and professional roles (investigative journalist); more common than investigatory

  • fact-finding

    more specific — emphasises discovering facts without necessarily making recommendations or judgments

  • exploratory

    different scope — implies trying possibilities or gathering initial impressions rather than reaching firm conclusions

文法句型

investigatory + noun

用法筆記

Most commonly appears before nouns that refer to official procedures or bodies (hearing, committee, report, powers, interview). More formal and less frequent than 'investigative' in everyday use.

常見錯誤

The police opened an investigatory into the case.
The police opened an investigation into the case.
'investigatory' is an adjective; the noun form is 'investigation'.
She is an investigatory journalist.
She is an investigative journalist.
'investigative' is the usual choice for professional roles; 'investigatory' sounds unnatural for describing a person's job.

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