investigate

柯林斯詞典

1. V-T/V-I If someone, especially an official, investigates an event, situation, or claim, they try to find out what happened or what is the truth. 調(diào)查
They're still investigating the accident. 他們還在調(diào)查這個(gè)事故。
2. investigationN-VAR 調(diào)查
He ordered an investigation into the affair. 他下令對(duì)此事進(jìn)行調(diào)查。

Scotland Yard have been called in to investigate the murder .
The remit of this official inquiry is to investigate the reasons for the accident .
The government set up a commission to investigate the problem of inner city violence .
The UN is investigating new methods of population control .
I wonder what that noise was in the kitchen - I'd better go and investigate.