police没有复数形式。police通常表示“警察部队”,“警方”这样的含义,是一个集体名词。若表示个别的、具体的“警官”,则用a police officer或a policeman/policewoman,复数形式是police officers/policemen/policewomen。
指警察时往往前面有定冠词the,指“多个警察”时,前面有时有数词,有时没有。可以说a few police,six or sevenpolice。例如:We have reported the matter to the police.我们将这件事报告了警察。Several hundred police were on duty in the street.几百名警察在街上执行任务。
police作主语时,谓语动词应该是复数形式。例如:The police are looking for the little boy.警察正在寻找小男孩。
policeman是可数名词。复数形式是policemen,说“一个警察”通常用“a policeman”。例如:If you want to know the way,ask a policeman.如果你想要打听路怎么走,可以去问警察。
police:英[pəˈliːs];美[pəˈliːs]
n.警察部门;警方
vt.巡查;维护治安;监督;管制
第三人称单数:polices
现在分词:policing
过去式:policed
过去分词:policed
Several newspapers made allegations of corruption in the city's police department.
有几家报纸声称该市警察部门腐败。
The full state and police machinery ground into action.
全州所有机构和警察部门已经开始行动了。
The police force should be independent of direct government control.
警方应该不受政府的直接控制。
The police don't have much to go on.
警方没多少依据。
The relationship between the police and the local community has improved.
警察和当地民众之间的关系已经得到改善。
The local police found her story didn't check out.
当地警方证实她的说法不成立。
The police found a quantity of drugs at his home.
警察在他家发现了大量毒品。
The police play a vital role in our society.
警察在我们的社会中起着极其重要的作用。
It is the business of the police to protect the community.
警察的职责是保护社会。
The police were much in evidence at today's demonstration.
在今天的示威集会上警察随处可见。
Police are still trying to establish the cause of the accident.
警方仍在努力确定事故的原因。
He asked to be put under police protection.
他请求警方保护。
Police tried to separate the two men who were fighting.
警察力图把两个打架的人分开。
Police are trying to establish the cause of death.
警方在设法确定死因。
We had a visit from the police last night.
昨晚警察来我们家了。
His apartment is three blocks away from the police station.
他住在和警察局相隔三个街区的公寓里。
The police have launched a major operation against drug suppliers.
警方发动了一次打击毒贩的大规模行动。
I called the police but they weren't very helpful.
我叫了警察,但他们不太肯帮忙。
It is my duty to report it to the police.
把这事报告给警方是我的责任。
She gave the police a full account of the incident.
她向警方详尽地叙述了所发生的事情。