Detect

(verb.) discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; 'She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water'; 'We found traces of lead in the paint'.

克劳德特录入

• In either case the distance through which the prongs move is very small and the period is very short, so that the eye can seldom detect the movement itself. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The only trace of his former self that I could detect reappeared, every now and then, in his manner towards Miss Fairlie. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• He could detect a design upon it when nobody else had any perception of the fact. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• She had even learnt to detect, in the very gentleness which had first delighted her, an affectation and a sameness to disgust and weary. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• I passed whole hours in going from house to house, listening whether I could detect some lurking sign of human existence. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Hence, in order to detect the presence of acid in a substance, one has merely to put some of the substance on blue litmus paper, and note whether or not the latter changes color. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• He was never on the lookout to detect a slight, but saw one as soon as anybody when intentionally given. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• He took none that could be detected, but, aware of his employer's suspicions, stood with his eyes on the ground. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• They were made to pronounce the word Shibboleth and were easily detected as enemies when they pronounced it Sibboleth. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The anxious terror in which Mr. Hale lived lest his son should be detected and captured, far out-weighed the pleasure he derived from his presence. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• I never detected a sign of the medicine bottles being tampered with, I never saw Mrs. Rubelle say a word to the Count, or the Count to her. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Unless there turn out to be further complications, such as I have not at present detected--yes, said Lydgate. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• At this sally another special laughed, and then tried to look so supernaturally solemn, that the magistrate detected him immediately. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Mr. Wallace has also detected one such case with birds, but we have none with the larger quadrupeds. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• The thermometer can also be used in detecting adulterants. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Edison gave him one quick, searching glance and, detecting a bluff, replied in an offhand manner: There's a five-pound bottle in No. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I cannot remember detecting gratitude in his face. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Koch, whose success in detecting the microbes which cause consumption and cholera has made him famous the world over. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Even those of us who regard ourselves as active in mothering the process and alert in detecting its growth are by no means constantly aware of any great change. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

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