SUSPECT 的意义和用法（红色是词义；蓝色是用法和例句）：

1 to think that something is probably true, especially something bad

suspect (that)

 I suspected that there was something wrong with the engine.

 She strongly suspected he was lying to her.

 She’s not going to be very happy about this, I suspect.

2 to think that something bad has happened or is happening

 The doctors suspected pneumonia.

suspect murder/foul play

 The position of the body led the police to suspect murder.

suspect something/nothing/anything

 He never suspected anything.

3 to think that someone is probably guilty of a crime

 Who do you suspect?

suspect somebody of (doing) something

 He’s suspected of murder.

 Pilcher was suspected of giving away government secrets to the enemy.

4 to think that something is not honest or true

 I began to suspect his motives in inviting me.

Grammar 语法

Patterns with suspect    关于suspect 的句型用法

• You suspect that someone does, did, or has done something:

I suspect she knows.

I suspect he took the money.

I suspect they have met before.

• You suspect that something may or might be true:

We suspect that he may know something about the robbery.

The police suspect that he might be a terrorist.

• You suspect that someone may or might have done something:

Police suspect Foster may have been involved in a fraud.

I suspect he might have exaggerated a lot of the things in the book.

• You suspected that something would happen:

He suspected that the problem would only get worse.

I suspected that I would not enjoy the meeting.

• In all the above patterns, ‘that’ is optional. You can say I suspect that or just I suspect.

Using the progressive

Suspect is not used in the progressive. You say:

I suspect he’s lying.

✗ Don’t say: I am suspecting he’s lying.

suspect 的用法归纳如下：

1. suspect 的基本意思是指“猜想”或“怀疑”某人〔事〕,也可指“猜想”或者“怀疑”某事已经发生或将会发生,主观色彩较浓,不一定有根据。

2. suspect 是及物动词,接名词、代词、that从句、wh-从句作宾语。可用于被动结构。

3. suspect 还可接以“(to be/as+) n./adj. ”或动词不定式充当补足语的复合宾语。

4. suspect 常接介词of引出怀疑、推测的内容。