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polygraph

/pol-i-graf, -grahf/US // ˈpɒl ɪˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf //UK // (ˈpɒlɪˌɡrɑːf, -ˌɡræf) //

测谎仪,测谎器,测谎机,测谎

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
    • : a test using such an instrument to determine if a person is telling the truth.
    • : lie detector.
    • : an apparatus for producing copies of a drawing or writing.
    • : a prolific or versatile author.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to test with a polygraph.

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Examples

  • Her mother, Candus Bly, took and passed a polygraph, according to her husband, Donald Wells.

  • He was living in Manassas, VA, before his August arrest, which followed a failed polygraph test, court records show.

  • The polygraph, which uses a range of measurements including blood pressure, was patented by Leonarde Keeler in 1931.

  • By way of proving his innocence, DeMaio took a polygraph test—and passed.

  • Yesterday, The Daily Beast revealed that Egan had, according to his lawyer Jeff Herman, passed a polygraph test.

  • DeMaio responded to the “vicious rumor” by taking a polygraph test, which he passed.

  • Forced to take a polygraph test, Saul is asked a question to establish a baseline reading: “Are you sometimes called ‘The Bear’?”

  • Polygraph, pol′i-graf, n. an instrument for multiplying copies of a writing: a collection of different books.

  • Either your girl's mistaken or Van Dellen and his polygraph tech and I were taken in by a brand-new technique.

  • It is an interpretation made by human beings of what the machine, the polygraph, shows.

  • Because you can only answer yes or no on the polygraph examination.

  • All I want to do is tell the truth, and the only way you can know it is by the polygraph, as that is the only way you can know it.