surveillance
🇬🇧 UK/sə'veɪl(ə)ns/🇺🇸 US/sә:'veilәns/
GREB2
Definitions
n.
Close and continuous observation or monitoring of a person, group, or area
监视;监控;监察
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.surveillance camera监控摄像头
- 2.under surveillance处于监视之下
- 3.mass surveillance大规模监控
- 4.surveillance system监控系统
Example Sentences
- 1.
The suspect was placed under 24-hour surveillance by the police.
- 2.
The city installed hundreds of surveillance cameras to improve public safety.
- 3.
Privacy advocates warn that mass surveillance threatens civil liberties.