private detective

noun

1. 私人侦探
   a detective who is not in the police, but who can be employed to find out information, find a missing person, follow sb, etc.

1. N-COUNT 私人侦探；私家侦探
   A private detective is someone who you can pay to find missing people or do other kinds of investigation for you.
   1. The money enabled her to hire a private detective to search for evidence that would clear him.
      这些钱能让她雇一个私人侦探，帮助他寻找证据洗清罪名。

1. McGee is a hard-nosed "salvage expert"& actually a private eye who lives on a boat ( called The Busted Flush) and is one of the most memorable detective characters since Sherlock Holmes.
   麦基是一个讲求实际的“海上救助专家”&实际上是个住在船上的私探，他是继夏洛克·福尔摩斯之后最让人印象深刻的侦探。

noun

1. someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information

   Synonym:    PIprivate eyeprivate investigatoroperativeshamussherlock