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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

监视 [jiānshì]
  1. 1. verb spy on

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

监视 [jiānshì]
  1. 1. keep watch on; keep a lookout over; watch
    监视敌人的行动
    keep watch on the movements of the enemy
  2. 2. noun surveillance

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

监视 [jiānshì]
  1. 1. 从旁严密注视
    监视敌人的动静
    监视病情。
  2. 2. 看管
    对需要逮捕而证据不充足的,可以监视居住。

Examples

游击队机警地监视敌人的动静。
The guerrillas kept a close watch on the movements of the enemy.
他的行动处处受到险毒刁滑的特务的监视
His every move was followed by sinister and cunning spies.
严密监视
put under close surveillance; keep close watch over
监视
keep watch
利用电视监视系统实行交通管控
暗地里监视
密切监视火情。
监视病情。

Collocations

跟踪监视
to tail sb
时刻监视
to keep a constant eye on
严密监视
to keep close watch over
监视
to monitor
监视别人
to have an eye on others

Word Decomposition


[jiān]
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[shì]

nciku Note

监督 vs. 监视

监督 vs. 监视
jiāndū vs. jiānshì

监督 indicates “supervision, inspection, such as that of the superior to the subordinate, voters to the representatives, public opinion to officials, people to the government.” 监督 is usually open. It can be the predicate and also the subject, object and attributive.
监视 means “to keep a close watch, e.g. on one’s enemy, or on police suspects, etc.” 监视 is mostly secrative. Besides being an adverbial, it can also function as other sentence elements.

The object of 监督 can be a person or action, while the object of 监视 can be a person, an action or a place. The purpose of 监督 is to promote; while the purpose of 监视 is to discover and guard against activities illegal or harmful to oneself.
(1) 有关部门决定要在节日期间加强价格监督检查。
(2) 舆论可以对干部的行为起到监督的作用。
(3) 他奉命去监视疑犯的一举一动。
(4) 这片区域已经处于我军的严密监视之下。

The two words are not interchangeable.

“监督”表示考察、察看、督促,如官员、人民对政府的监督。监督常是公开的。它可以做谓语,也可以做主语、宾语以及定语。 “监视”表示从旁密切注视并察看,如己方对地方、警察对嫌疑犯,监视常常是隐蔽的。除了状语之外,它还可以充当句子的其他成分。
“监督”的宾语可以是人或活动;“监视”的宾语是也可以是人或活动,还可以是处所。
“监督”的有督促使其朝好的方向发展的意思;“监视”则侧重于发现和防范违法的或不利于自己的活动等。
两个词不能互换。

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