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词汇 lie detector
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Definition of lie detector in English:

lie detector

noun
  • An instrument for determining whether a person is telling the truth by testing for physiological changes considered to be associated with lying. The results of lie-detector tests are generally not accepted for judicial purposes.

    测谎仪。比较POLYGRAPH

    Compare with polygraph
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She protested her innocence, passed a lie-detector test and went to Athens with her head held high.
    • While NSA officials call the lie detector test a useful tool, it is clearly not perfect.
    • He took a public lie detector test to verify his account and said others involved were prepared to testify to the same effect.
    • As a result, evidence from a lie detector test is currently considered legally unacceptable in most cases.
    • If I had my way, those politicians would have to take a lie-detector test just to get on the ballot!
    • They say she has taken a lie-detector test which proves as much.
    • You didn't go in and take the lie-detector test.
    • The lie detector tests are therefore intended to extend the boundaries a little by putting another psychological weapon in the hands of the probationary services.
    • I know that in some instances I would have passed a lie detector test.
    • Little Johnny does not need to take a lie detector test.
    • I was just wondering, can the court judge or whoever order a lie-detector test or perhaps a truth serum?
    • And last night, you said you'd be happily willing to submit to a lie detector test.
    • Jack questions Greg at every turn, even going so far as to subject him to a lie-detector test and monitoring his every move with hidden surveillance cameras.
    • The company is keen to emphasise that the technology is a ‘stress detector’ not a lie detector.
    • If the government thinks he's withholding information or lying, it can compel him to take a lie detector test.
    • People want him to say the truth and then take a lie detector test administered by the FBI.
    • This, to Lily at least, sounded like a good enough answer, one that would definitely qualify under the lie-detector test as the truth.
    • I challenge the president and my other detractors that we all submit ourselves to a lie-detector test.
    • What's chilling is the notion of the lie-detector test writ large: if the designer classically employed empirical research to determine the characteristics of a target audience, then what happens when brain scans do this for us?
    • ‘The lie-detector test does not displace the foundation of criminal justice, which is that everyone has to be presumed innocent until found guilty,’ he said.

Definition of lie detector in US English:

lie detector

nounˈlī dəˌtektərˈlaɪ dəˌtɛktər
  • An instrument for determining whether a person is telling the truth by testing for physiological changes considered to be associated with lying.

    测谎仪。比较POLYGRAPH

    Compare with polygraph
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As a result, evidence from a lie detector test is currently considered legally unacceptable in most cases.
    • What's chilling is the notion of the lie-detector test writ large: if the designer classically employed empirical research to determine the characteristics of a target audience, then what happens when brain scans do this for us?
    • The lie detector tests are therefore intended to extend the boundaries a little by putting another psychological weapon in the hands of the probationary services.
    • He took a public lie detector test to verify his account and said others involved were prepared to testify to the same effect.
    • They say she has taken a lie-detector test which proves as much.
    • She protested her innocence, passed a lie-detector test and went to Athens with her head held high.
    • If I had my way, those politicians would have to take a lie-detector test just to get on the ballot!
    • If the government thinks he's withholding information or lying, it can compel him to take a lie detector test.
    • I know that in some instances I would have passed a lie detector test.
    • Little Johnny does not need to take a lie detector test.
    • This, to Lily at least, sounded like a good enough answer, one that would definitely qualify under the lie-detector test as the truth.
    • While NSA officials call the lie detector test a useful tool, it is clearly not perfect.
    • You didn't go in and take the lie-detector test.
    • People want him to say the truth and then take a lie detector test administered by the FBI.
    • ‘The lie-detector test does not displace the foundation of criminal justice, which is that everyone has to be presumed innocent until found guilty,’ he said.
    • I was just wondering, can the court judge or whoever order a lie-detector test or perhaps a truth serum?
    • I challenge the president and my other detractors that we all submit ourselves to a lie-detector test.
    • Jack questions Greg at every turn, even going so far as to subject him to a lie-detector test and monitoring his every move with hidden surveillance cameras.
    • And last night, you said you'd be happily willing to submit to a lie detector test.
    • The company is keen to emphasise that the technology is a ‘stress detector’ not a lie detector.
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