An interrogator is the person who does the hard questioning — the one who sits across from you and keeps asking, often for a long time, to get information. In police, military, and spy stories this is a job, sometimes feared. The word names the doer, not the act and not the questions themselves.

An interrogator isInterrogator是 the person who does the hard questioning負責嚴厲審問的人——the one who sits across from you and keeps asking坐在你對面，不斷發問的人，often for a long time常常問很久，to get information為了拿到情報。In police, military, and spy stories在警察、軍事和間諜故事裡 this is a job, sometimes feared這是一種職業，有時令人害怕。The word names the doer這個詞指的是做這件事的人，not the act and not the questions themselves不是審問這個行為，也不是問題本身。

Though actually, the same spelling is also a machine: in electronics an interrogator is a device that sends a signal and reads the reply, as with some ID tags. That technical sense is real, but the human meaning is the one learners meet first.

Though actually不過，the same spelling is also a machine同樣的拼法也可以是一種機器：in electronics an interrogator is a device在電子學裡，interrogator是一種裝置 that sends a signal and reads the reply發送訊號並讀取回應的，as with some ID tags例如某些身分辨識標籤那樣。That technical sense is real這個技術上的意思是真實存在的，but the human meaning is the one learners meet first但學習者最先遇到的是指人的意思。

It is a formal, rather cold noun; in ordinary talk people more often say the officer, or the person who questioned him.

It is a formal, rather cold noun它是一個正式、相當冷硬的名詞；in ordinary talk日常說話裡 people more often say the officer, or the person who questioned him人們更常說the officer，或the person who questioned him。