| 释义 |
surveil, v.|səˈveɪl|
Also surveille.
[Back-formation from surveillance.]
trans. To exercise surveillance over (someone), subject (someone) to surveillance. Also with a place or area as obj., and absol. Hence surˈveilled ppl. a., surˈveilling vbl. n.
1960Federal Suppl. (U.S.) CLXXXII. 750/1 The plaintiff also stresses that the store as a whole, and the customer exits especially, were closely surveilled. 1966Harper's Mag. Oct. 37/1 If the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is as adroit in surveilling others as it is in escaping surveillance of itself, the Republic can relax. 1968Guardian 6 Aug. 4/1 It was some time before I was being surveilled..with the full courtesy of a Home Office warrant. 1969New Scientist 10 July 10/1 Night surveilling systems for railway marshalling yards. 1972B. F. Conners Don't embarrass Bureau ii. 123 ‘You'll have to conduct the surveillance.’..‘I'm supposed to surveil her?’ ‘That's right.’ 1975O. Sela Bengali Inheritance xix. 169 ‘Where the hell is everybody?’..‘Out... Surveilling. Big emergency.’ 1980N. Freeling Castang's City xvii. 111 A few hints are conveyed by the word ‘light’. Not around twenty-four hours: that's ‘intense’ and needs three separate shifts... Light means not leaning on people: the surveilled aren't supposed to notice. |