surveillance是什么意思

surveillance

英 [s?'ve?l(?)ns; -'ve??ns] 美 [s?'vel?ns]

surveillance 監(jiān)視

來自法語 surveiller,監(jiān)督，看管，來自 sur-,在上，veiller,看，看護(hù)，來自拉丁語 vigilare,看，看護(hù)，詞源同 vigil,wake.拼寫比較 rail,regulate.后引申詞義監(jiān)視。

surveillance: surveillance: see vigil
surveillance (n.): 1802, from French surveillance "oversight, supervision, a watch," noun of action from surveiller "oversee, watch" (17c.), from sur- "over" (see sur- (1)) + veiller "to watch," from Latin vigilare, from vigil "watchful" (see vigil). Seemingly a word that came to English from the Terror in France ("surveillance committees" were formed in every French municipality in March 1793 by order of the Convention to monitor the actions and movements of suspect persons, outsiders, and dissidents).

1. Police keep track of the kidnapper using electronic surveillance equipment.: 警方利用電子監(jiān)視設(shè)備跟蹤綁架者。

2. He was arrested after being kept under constant surveillance.: 在被連續(xù)監(jiān)視了一段時(shí)間后，他被逮捕了。

3. Police swooped on the home after a two-week surveillance operation.: 在兩周的監(jiān)視行動(dòng)之后，警方突擊搜查了那棟房子。

4. Leaving aside the question of privacy, constant surveillance can be remarkably convenient.: 如果不去管隱私問題的話，實(shí)施不間斷監(jiān)視其實(shí)是非常便利的。

5. The police are keeping the suspects under constant surveillance .: 警方正對(duì)嫌疑人實(shí)施不間斷監(jiān)視。