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surveillance n.监视；监督 (1) 对这些人我们要严密监视。(2) 侦探们监测那个目标已有好几个星期了。(3) 国家机关工作人员必须接受群众监督。(4) 联合国大会决定将该争议领土置于联合国的监督管理之下。 If you break down the word surveillance you get the prefix sur, from the French word for "over" and the root veiller, meaning "to watch." All of which is a roundabout way of saying that if you are under surveillance, you are being closely watched — usually by the authorities, and usually not for a good reason! Those surveillance cameras in banks and stores are put there in the hopes of both preventing crimes and recognizing criminals after a crime has been committed.

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英 [sɜː'veɪləns] 美 [sɜːr'veɪləns] (1) We must keep these people under close surveillance.(2) Detectives kept the quarry under surveillance for weeks.(3) The personnel of organs of state must accept surveillance by the masses.(4) The General Assembly decided to place the disputed territory under UN surveillance. Many times, a person suspected of something illegal by the authorities is placed under surveillance, meaning he or she is closely watched to see if their suspicions are well-founded. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](尤指来自警方、军队等组织的)监视，监察 Surveillance is the careful watching of someone, especially by an organization such as the police or the army. He was arrested after being kept under constant surveillance...在被连续监视了一段时间后，他被逮捕了。Police swooped on the home after a two-week surveillance operation...在两周的监视行动之后，警方突击搜查了那栋房子。Police keep track of the kidnapper using electronic surveillance equipment.警方利用电子监视设备跟踪绑架者。

英语单词	surveillance
英美音标	英 [sɜː'veɪləns] 美 [sɜːr'veɪləns]
中文释义	n.监视；监督
英语例句	(1) We must keep these people under close surveillance. (2) Detectives kept the quarry under surveillance for weeks. (3) The personnel of organs of state must accept surveillance by the masses. (4) The General Assembly decided to place the disputed territory under UN surveillance.
中文例句	(1) 对这些人我们要严密监视。 (2) 侦探们监测那个目标已有好几个星期了。 (3) 国家机关工作人员必须接受群众监督。 (4) 联合国大会决定将该争议领土置于联合国的监督管理之下。
vocabulary简明	Many times, a person suspected of something illegal by the authorities is placed under surveillance, meaning he or she is closely watched to see if their suspicions are well-founded.
vocabulary扩展	If you break down the word surveillance you get the prefix sur, from the French word for "over" and the root veiller, meaning "to watch." All of which is a roundabout way of saying that if you are under surveillance, you are being closely watched — usually by the authorities, and usually not for a good reason! Those surveillance cameras in banks and stores are put there in the hopes of both preventing crimes and recognizing criminals after a crime has been committed.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](尤指来自警方、军队等组织的)监视，监察 Surveillance is the careful watching of someone, especially by an organization such as the police or the army. He was arrested after being kept under constant surveillance... 在被连续监视了一段时间后，他被逮捕了。 Police swooped on the home after a two-week surveillance operation... 在两周的监视行动之后，警方突击搜查了那栋房子。 Police keep track of the kidnapper using electronic surveillance equipment. 警方利用电子监视设备跟踪绑架者。

Surveillance Police Meaning Closely Watched Word 英 Sɜː'Veɪləns] 美