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Investigative Journalism Netflix Word Internet Flicks Flicker Fl

正面 6954.investigative
英 [ɪn'vestɪgətɪv; -geɪtɪv]美 [ɪn'vɛstɪɡetɪv]

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释义:
adj. 研究的;调查的;好调查的
例句:
1. It took internal whistle-blowing and investigative journalism to uncover the rot.是内部检举和调查性报道揭露了这一腐败事实。

1. Netflix : The name is a combination of words. The “Net” is derived from the word Internet and “Flix” is a shortened version of the word flicks – a synonym for movie. Put them together and you get why Netflix is called…Netflix.2. net / internet + flicks => netflix.3. As slang for "film," it is first attested 1926, a back-formation from flicker (v.), from their flickering appearance.4. flick-拍打、振翅 => fl- => fly, flight, flop, flip, flick, flicker <== blow.5. symbolic, fl- frequently beginning words denoting sudden movement.6. 谐音“拂你客”。7. lick => flick.8. f-(谐音“肤”) + lick => flick: 就像用舌头舔皮肤一样的那种轻弹、轻拂。
investigative 调查的,侦查的来自investigate,调查,侦查。
investigative (adj.)1803, from Latin investigat-, past participle stem of investigare (see investigation) + -ive. Journalism sense is from 1951."

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