| 单词 | watching brief |
| 释义 | watching brief noun[C,usually singular] ukusif someone has or is given awatchingbriefon something, someone hasaskedthem tocheckon and give areportabout what ishappeningin aparticularsituationor in aparticularbusiness, etc.: have/keep/maintain a watching brief on sthPotentialinvestorsarekeepingawatchingbriefon thefund. Examplesofwatching briefwatching brief Notice was given that an archaeologicalwatchingbriefwould be required. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In its attempts to preserve the freedom of the press, it keeps awatchingbriefon developments which might threaten such freedoms. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Given the expense of such catheters and the low rate of complications from catheterization, many clinicians prefer to adopt awatchingbrief. From theCambridge English Corpus The 'watchingbrief' of transitional justice experts in these contexts is to monitor, analyse and report observations from particular contexts for the benefit of other transitional societies. From theCambridge English Corpus I have kept awatchingbriefon the issue ever since. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English I had even begun listening with the best motives, as it were with awatchingbrieffor the unhappy pair. FromProject Gutenberg We are maintaining a closewatchingbriefon its progress. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We intend to keep a closewatchingbriefon the new board. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no need for any organisation or individual to apply to become parties simply to maintain a generalwatchingbrief. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think it is terribly important that we look after civil rights and keep a severewatchingbriefon what is happening. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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