scrutiny

🇬🇧 UK/'skru:tini/🇺🇸 US
IELTSTOEFLB2

Definitions

n.

Close and thorough examination or observation of someone or something

仔细审查,细察,严格检查

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
scrutinyother
=scrutiny

Common Collocations

  • 1.under scrutiny受到审查
  • 2.close scrutiny严密审查
  • 3.public scrutiny公众监督
  • 4.withstand scrutiny经得起审查

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The company's accounting practices came under intense scrutiny after the scandal.

  • 2.

    Public figures must be prepared to face constant scrutiny of their personal lives.

  • 3.

    The new policy failed to withstand legal scrutiny and was quickly overturned.

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