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lie detector

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˈlie deˌtector noun [countable]  TLIE/TELL A LIEa piece of equipment used especially by the police to check whether someone is lying, by measuring sudden changes in their heart rate 测谎仪 SYN polygraph He was asked to take a lie detector test. 他被要求做一个测谎试验。
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lie detectorFor his own information, Boesen asked Hicks to take a lie detector test.Wagenbach rejected a bid by Elliott to introduce as evidence an offer made to Mrs Moon to take a lie detector test.Too little; far, far, far too much, straight to a lie detector.Kids have a built-in lie detector.Why, he asked, did the only lie detector test given indicate deception?lie detector testFor his own information, Boesen asked Hicks to take a lie detector test.Wagenbach rejected a bid by Elliott to introduce as evidence an offer made to Mrs Moon to take a lie detector test.Why, he asked, did the only lie detector test given indicate deception?
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lie detector
ˈlie deˌtector noun [countable]
a piece of equipment used especially by the police to check whether someone is lying, by measuring sudden changes in their heart rate
   SYN  polygraph:
    He was asked to take a lie detector test.


lie detectorBrE /ˈlaɪ dɪtektə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlaɪ dɪtektər/ 🔊 (also specialist, formal poly·graph) nouna piece of equipment that is used, for example by the police, to find out if sb is telling the truth 测谎器