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单词 surveil
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Definition of surveil in English:

surveil

(also surveille)
verbsurveils, surveilling, surveilled səˈveɪlsərˈveɪl
[with object]US
  • Keep (a person or place) under surveillance.

    he deployed FBI agents to surveil the offices of those companies
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Sources say Customs and FBI agents there had been surveilling him for a while before he was taken into immigration custody in November.
    • A very simple way to "hide" a camera is to install it at a large distance from the space to be surveilled.
    • For three weeks, he's been on assignment for a hydroelectric company, surveilling their underwater power cables that stretch from the mainland to Vancouver Island.
    • There may be other groups that the police are actively surveilling at the moment.
    • Two witnesses also say that they saw him surveilling the scene weeks before.
    • He explained, very simply and very carefully and honestly, what he had done to surveil this family because of his suspicions.
    • We're heading into a world where everyone can surveil everyone else.
    • I am surveilled by electronic spies like cookies and trojans.
    • A police helicopter surveilled the whole scene from above.
    • The NYPD rotates six helicopters to surveil the city from above.
    • We're told that there were many, many police surveilling these men for a long period of time and they were watching to see what they were doing.
    • Americans don't like to think that we're being surveilled.
    • You cannot possibly surveil all of the ocean and shoreline.
    • My concern is that this will be tied in with Britain's surveillance system so you'll be literally surveilled at every turn.
    • He had been in charge of a department that surveilled foreigners.
    • If you suspect your home or office has been searched or that you are being surveilled, contact the NLG or a criminal lawyer.
    • Six frigates and several RAAF aircraft would be surveilling the Australian coastline between Ashmore Reef and Christmas Island.
    • As I went through the documents more closely, I discovered that for all the human resources expended in surveilling us, there was remarkably little real information.
    • But at the same time, we are surveilled every day of our lives and we don't mind it in the least.

Origin

1960s: back-formation from surveillance.

Rhymes

ail, ale, assail, avail, bail, bale, bewail, brail, Braille, chain mail, countervail, curtail, dale, downscale, drail, dwale, entail, exhale, fail, faille, flail, frail, Gael, Gail, gale, Grail, grisaille, hail, hale, impale, jail, kale, mail, male, webmail, nonpareil, outsail, pail, pale, quail, rail, sail, sale, sangrail, scale, shale, snail, stale, swale, tail, tale, they'll, trail, upscale, vail, vale, veil, wail, wale, whale, Yale

Definition of surveil in US English:

surveil

(also surveille)
verbsərˈveɪlsərˈvāl
[with object]US
  • Keep (a person or place) under surveillance.

    he deployed FBI agents to surveil the offices of those companies
    Example sentencesExamples
    • My concern is that this will be tied in with Britain's surveillance system so you'll be literally surveilled at every turn.
    • A police helicopter surveilled the whole scene from above.
    • The NYPD rotates six helicopters to surveil the city from above.
    • We're heading into a world where everyone can surveil everyone else.
    • Americans don't like to think that we're being surveilled.
    • Sources say Customs and FBI agents there had been surveilling him for a while before he was taken into immigration custody in November.
    • He had been in charge of a department that surveilled foreigners.
    • For three weeks, he's been on assignment for a hydroelectric company, surveilling their underwater power cables that stretch from the mainland to Vancouver Island.
    • You cannot possibly surveil all of the ocean and shoreline.
    • If you suspect your home or office has been searched or that you are being surveilled, contact the NLG or a criminal lawyer.
    • We're told that there were many, many police surveilling these men for a long period of time and they were watching to see what they were doing.
    • There may be other groups that the police are actively surveilling at the moment.
    • He explained, very simply and very carefully and honestly, what he had done to surveil this family because of his suspicions.
    • Six frigates and several RAAF aircraft would be surveilling the Australian coastline between Ashmore Reef and Christmas Island.
    • But at the same time, we are surveilled every day of our lives and we don't mind it in the least.
    • A very simple way to "hide" a camera is to install it at a large distance from the space to be surveilled.
    • I am surveilled by electronic spies like cookies and trojans.
    • Two witnesses also say that they saw him surveilling the scene weeks before.
    • As I went through the documents more closely, I discovered that for all the human resources expended in surveilling us, there was remarkably little real information.

Origin

1960s: back-formation from surveillance.

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