| 正面 | 5013.scrutiny 英 ['skruːtɪnɪ]美 ['skrutəni] ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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| 背面 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 释义: 1、skept- + -ical.2、以审视的眼光去看待问题、看待各种事物/现象,也就是以怀疑的眼光、态度去看待问题、看待各种事物/现象。n. 详细审查;监视;细看;选票复查 例句: 1. The President promised a government open to public scrutiny.总统承诺政府将接受公众监督。 scrutiny 投票检查,审查,检查,监督,细看来自拉丁语 scrutinium,检查,搜查,查问,来自 scrutari,检查,搜查,来自 scruta,碎片,垃 圾,来自 PIE*skreu,扩大形式于 PIE*sker,砍,切,词源同 shear,shred,scrap.比喻用法,原义 为从垃圾堆里搜寻有用之物,引申诸相关词义。 scrutiny (n.)early 15c., "a vote to choose someone to decide a question," from Late Latin scrutinium "a search, inquiry" (in Medieval Latin, "a mode of election by ballot"), from Latin scrutari "to examine, investigate, search," from PIE root *skreu- "to cut; cutting tool" (see shred (n.)). Meaning "close examination" first recorded c. 1600. Perhaps the original notion of the Latin word is "to search through trash," via scruta (plural) "trash, rags" ("shreds"); or the original sense might be "to cut into, scratch."" |
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