sniff out
英 [snɪf aʊt]
美 [snɪf aʊt]
发现; 找到; (狗)嗅找(炸药、毒品等)
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB 发现;找到
If yousniff outsomething, you discover it after some searching.- ...journalists who are trained to sniff out sensation or scandal.
训练有素、能够敏锐地嗅出爆炸性新闻或丑闻的记者 - ...those who like sniffing out bargains.
喜欢淘便宜货的人
- ...journalists who are trained to sniff out sensation or scandal.
- PHRASAL VERB (狗)嗅找(炸药、毒品等)
When a dog used by a group such as the policesniffs outhidden explosives or drugs, it finds them using its sense of smell.- A police dog, trained to sniff out explosives, found evidence of a bomb in the apartment.
一只训练有素、专门嗅找炸药的警犬在公寓里发现了炸弹的痕迹。
- A police dog, trained to sniff out explosives, found evidence of a bomb in the apartment.
英英释义
verb
- recognize or detect by or as if by smelling
- He can smell out trouble
双语例句
- While researchers have known for some time that dogs can sniff out the telltale signs of other forms of cancer, this is the first study that proves dogs can reliably smell this particular kind.
虽然研究人员已经知道狗可以闻出其他种类癌症的蛛丝马迹,而这却是首个证明狗能准确嗅闻出肺癌的研究。 - My heart is like a rabbit-like, so uneasy, feeling from the taste of coffee where you can sniff out an ambiguous atmosphere.
我的内心像小兔似的,如此忐忑不安,总觉得从咖啡的味道里可以嗅出暧昧的气息。 - B: I bet my broker could sniff out some good ones for you.
我相信我的股票经纪人会帮你找出一些好股票。 - It's his job to sniff out abuses of power.
他的职责就是查究滥用权力的行为。 - To that end, read on for two questions you can ask in future interviews that will help you sniff out the perfect people to add to your team.
综上所述,在未来的面试中,你可以提出下面这两个问题来帮助你找到合适的团队成员。 - Mosquitoes can sniff out an attractive human dinner target from as far as 40 miles.
蚊子能从40英里之外嗅出合其口味的就餐目标。 - Ask around to sniff out potential mentors, or contact associations in your chosen field;
四处询问一下来找出潜在的、在你所选择领域中的导师或关系协会; - He's always been a self-starter, someone who sniff out an untapped market and goes for it successfully.
他工作主动,善于觉察未开发的市场并且成功地把握住它。 - Instead, he owes his success as a monetary policymaker to his ability to sniff out threats to the economy and manipulate interest rates to dampen the dangers he perceives.
相反,作为一个货币政策制定者,格林斯潘的成功是由于他能够嗅出经济所面临的威胁,从而调控利率,消除他所感受到的危险。 - An electronic nose that could sniff out explosives and food contaminants, could be hugely useful.
它的最新产品电子鼻能识别炸弹和遭到污染的食物,用途非常广泛。