【investigate音标】 英[ɪnˈvestɪgeɪt] 美[ɪnˈvestɪɡeɪt]
【单词释义】 investigate是什么意思：
v.侦察（某事）；调查（某人）；研究
[单词分级] 大学英语四级词汇
[第三人称单数] investigates
[单词现在分词] investigating
[单词过去式] investigated
[单词过去分词] investigated
【investigate形近词/近似词】
obligate vt.使负有责任或义务；对…施以恩惠 adj.有责任的，有义务的，必要的
mitigate v.(使)缓和，(使)缓和
irrigate v.灌溉；冲洗（伤口）；使清新
fumigate vt.烟熏，熏蒸（以灭虫或消毒）
litigate v. （就…）提起诉讼；打官司
navigate v. 导航，引路；航行，航海；横渡
castigate vt.严惩；严厉批评；申斥
instigate vt.使（正式）开始，使发生；唆使，煽动
【单词例句】
◇ When they were shown in her office and saw her once more, she brought them a teapot of tea and some cookies, laughing and saying, “I rubbed some cream and wax on my garment and passed myself off as a shabby woman among thieves and robbers to investigate a plot.
当他们被带进她的办公室再次见到她时，她给他们拿来一壶茶和一些饼干，笑着说：“我把奶油和蜡涂在大衣上假扮成寒酸肮脏的女人混进在小偷和抢劫犯中间，是为了调查一宗阴谋。
◇ "Many studies have investigated the link between color and emotion. Although not all of these studies agree, some consistent results can be extracted from the literature," Professor Anna Franklin, a leading expert in color psychology at the University of Sussex, wrote in a blog post about the project.
萨塞克斯大学色彩心理学领域的权威专家安娜·富兰克林教授在一篇关于此项目的博客文章中写道：“许多研究都调查了颜色和情绪之间的联系。虽然它们并非都得出了相同的结论，但从论文中也能找到一些共同点。”
---- What is the world's most relaxing color?
◇ Vliet was asked to investigate the biology behind the “crocodilian metaphor” by Malcolm Shaner, a UCLA neurologist researching a phenomenon in which some facial palsy sufferers cry when they chew.
弗利特是受加州大学洛杉矶分校的神经学家马尔科姆·沙纳之托来研究“鳄鱼比喻”背后的生物学原理。沙纳正在研究某些面瘫患者在咀嚼时会流泪的现象。