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monitor

noun
 
🔊/ˈmɒnɪtə(r)/
🔊/ˈmɑːnɪtər/
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  1.  
     a screen that shows information from a computer; a television screen used to show particular kinds of information显示屏；监视器；（计算机）显示器
    • The details of today's flights are displayed on the monitor.今天航班的详细情况都显示在屏幕上。🔊🔊
    • The pages are designed to be viewed on a computer monitor.这些页面旨在在计算机监视器上查看。
    • We included the costs of monitor, keyboard, mouse and speakers.我们计算了显示器，键盘，鼠标和扬声器的费用。
    • The security staff can see all the outside of the building on their CCTV monitors.安全保卫人员可以在闭路电视监控器上看到大楼外的一切。
    • the display quality on LCD monitors has greatly improved.液晶显示器的显示质量有了很大的提高。
    • The laboratory is replete with banks of video monitors.实验室里有大量的视频监视器。
    see also VDUTopics TV, radio and newsb2, Computersb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • colour/​color
    • digital
    • CCTV
    • …
    preposition
    • on a/​the monitor
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  2. a piece of equipment used to check or record something监控器；监测器
    • He was lying there hooked up to a heart monitor.他躺在那儿，身上连着一台心脏监测仪。
    • Mia kept a two-way baby monitor in the living room so Harry's cries could be heard.米娅在客厅里放了一个双向婴儿监视器，这样哈利的哭声就可以听到了。
    • A nurse checked his monitor for changes in ECG rhythms, pulse and oxygen saturation.一位护士检查了他的监护仪，了解心电图节律，脉搏和血氧饱和度的变化。
    • The heart monitor shows the strength of your pulse.心脏监测仪可以测出脉搏跳动的强度。
    Topics Medicineb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • baby
    • foetal/​fetal
    • heart
    • …
    monitor + verb
    • detect something
    • display something
    • show something
    • …
    phrases
    • hooked up to a monitor
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  3. a person whose job is to check that something is done fairly and honestly, especially in a foreign country（尤指派往国外的）监督员，核查员
    • UN monitors declared the referendum fair.联合国核查员宣布这次全民投票是公正的。🔊🔊
    • The EU has agreed to provide monitors for the crossing.欧盟已同意为过境点提供监视。
    • Monitors or observers help to build trust between the two sides.监视器或观察员有助于在双方之间建立信任。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • UN
    • ceasefire
    • election
    • …
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  4. a student in a school who performs special duties, such as helping the teacher班长；级长；班代表
    • He was a star pupil and the class monitor.他是一名明星学生和班长。
    Topics Educationc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • UN
    • ceasefire
    • election
    • …
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  5. a large tropical lizard巨蜥 (= a type of reptile)
    • A large monitor lizard, prehistoric in its beauty, stared at us. 一只美丽的史前巨蜥巨人盯着我们。
    Topics Animalsc2
    6. Word Originearly 16th cent. (in sense (3)): from Latin, from monit- ‘warned’, from the verb monere. Sense (2) dates from the 1930s.

monitor

verb
 OPAL W
🔊/ˈmɒnɪtə(r)/
🔊/ˈmɑːnɪtər/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they monitor
🔊/ˈmɒnɪtə(r)/
🔊/ˈmɑːnɪtər/
he / she / it monitors
🔊/ˈmɒnɪtəz/
🔊/ˈmɑːnɪtərz/
past simple monitored
🔊/ˈmɒnɪtəd/
🔊/ˈmɑːnɪtərd/
past participle monitored
🔊/ˈmɒnɪtəd/
🔊/ˈmɑːnɪtərd/
-ing form monitoring
🔊/ˈmɒnɪtərɪŋ/
🔊/ˈmɑːnɪtərɪŋ/
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  1.  
     to watch and check something over a period of time in order to see how it develops, so that you can make any necessary changes监视；检查；跟踪调查 synonym track
    • monitor something Each student's progress is closely monitored.每一位同学的学习情况都受到密切的关注。🔊🔊
    • The authorities will continue to monitor the situation.当局将继续密切关注形势。
    • monitor somebody The patient is carefully monitored.仔细监视患者。
    • monitor what, how, etc… We need to monitor how the situation develops.我们需要监视局势的发展。
    Extra Examples
    • The patient is carefully monitored throughout the procedure.在整个过程中都会对病人进行仔细的监视。
    • Television advertising is strictly monitored.电视广告受到严格监督。
    • The workers are constantly monitored for exposure to radiation.这些员工接受了持续的受辐射程度监测。
    • We will now be able to monitor its progress more closely.我们现在能够更密切地监控其进展情况。
    • Foreign observers monitored voting at polling stations around the country.外国观察员监测了全国投票站的投票情况。
    • The animals' temperature and heartbeat are regularly monitored.这些动物的体温和心跳是定期进行监测的。
    • Uniformed and undercover police officers monitored the demonstration closely.身穿制服的卧底警官密切监视示威活动。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • carefully
    • closely
    • rigorously
    • …
    verb + monitor
    • be able to
    • continue to
    preposition
    • for
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  2. monitor something to use technology to watch somebody/something, especially for reasons of security（尤指派往国外的）监督员，核查员
    • A police helicopter will be used to monitor crime hotspots.将使用警用直升机监视犯罪热点。
    Extra Examples
    • The security cameras are monitored by a CCTV control centre, staffed 24 hours a day.监控摄像机由闭路电视监控中心监控，每天工作24小时。
    • The exhibit will be constantly monitored by video cameras.展览会受到摄像机的持续监控。
  3. monitor something to listen to phone calls, foreign radio broadcasts, etc. in order to find out information that might be useful监听（电话、外国无线电广播等）
    • a police state where every activity is monitored 监视所有活动的警察局
    • We were warned by a friend in the government that our phone calls were being monitored.政府的一位朋友警告我们，我们的电话已受到监控。
    • The company routinely monitors all its employees' emails.这家公司例行监控所有员工的电子邮件。
    • During the war his job was to monitor enemy radio broadcasts.他的战时工作是监听敌方的无线电广播。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • carefully
    • closely
    • rigorously
    • …
    verb + monitor
    • be able to
    • continue to
    preposition
    • for
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    4. Word Originearly 16th cent. (in sense (3)): from Latin, from monit- ‘warned’, from the verb monere. Sense (2) dates from the 1930s.