suspect 可作动词或名词。
/ˈsʌspɛkt/(名词)
/səˈspɛkt/(动词)
I suspect he forgot the meeting.
我怀疑他忘了会议。
Police suspect that the fire was started on purpose, but they still haven’t identified a suspect.
警方怀疑这场火灾是人为纵火,但他们仍未锁定嫌疑人。
来自拉丁语 suspectus,意为“被怀疑的、令人起疑的”,与 specere(看、观察)同源。引申为“对某事有所察觉而不放心”,逐渐形成现代英语中“怀疑/嫌疑人”的常见用法。