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| VERB not usually progressive |
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| 1 | to believe that something is true , especially something bad 怀疑，觉得（尤指坏事）属实 |
| Teachers should call social services if they suspect child abuse. 如果教师怀疑儿童受虐待，他们应打电话给社会福利部门。 |
| +(that) Police suspected that she had some connection with the robbery. 警方怀疑她和这起抢劫案有关。 |
| | 1a | to believe that someone has done something , usually something bad 怀疑（某人做了某事，通常是坏事） | | He wrote a letter naming the people whom he suspected. 他写了一封信，列出了他怀疑的那些人的姓名。 | | suspect sb of sth men suspected of involvement in the bombing 被怀疑参与这起爆炸事件的男子 | | suspect sb of doing sth I suspected Alex of deliberately forgetting her purse. 我怀疑亚力克斯故意遗忘了她的钱包。 | |
| | 1b | to believe that something is bad or worse than it appears 怀疑（某事物不好或比表面上更糟糕） | | Carl seemed very kind, but she suspected his motives. 卡尔看起来很友善，但她对他的动机表示怀疑。 | |
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| 2 | spoken used for stating an opinion to make it sound less direct （用于婉转地陈述观点）猜想，觉得 |
| He’ ll be missed by some, but not, I suspect, by all his colleagues. 我觉得他会被他的某些，而不是全部，同事所怀念。 |
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