surveillance是什么意思

surveillance

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

surveillance 監視

來自法語 surveiller,監督，看管，來自 sur-,在上，veiller,看，看護，來自拉丁語 vigilare,看，看護，詞源同 vigil,wake.拼寫比較 rail,regulate.后引申詞義監視。

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.: 警方利用電子監視設備跟蹤綁架者。

2. He was arrested after being kept under constant surveillance.: 在被連續監視了一段時間后，他被逮捕了。

3. Police swooped on the home after a two-week surveillance operation.: 在兩周的監視行動之后，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，實施不間斷監視其實是非常便利的。

5. The police are keeping the suspects under constant surveillance .: 警方正對嫌疑人實施不間斷監視。