monitor

noun

/ˈmɒnɪtə(r)/

/ˈmɑːnɪtər/

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.这些页面被设计成可以在电脑显示器上查看。
- We included the costs of monitor, keyboard, mouse and speakers.我们包括了显示器、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.实验室里布满了一排排视频监视器。
see also VDUTopics TV, radio and newsb2, Computersb2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- colour/color
- digital
- CCTV
- …
preposition
- on a/the monitor
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被听到。
- A nurse checked his monitor for changes in ECG rhythms, pulse and oxygen saturation.一名护士检查了他的监护仪，查看心电图节律、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
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- baby
- foetal/fetal
- heart
- …
monitor + verb
- detect something
- display something
- show something
- …
phrases
- hooked up to a monitor
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.欧盟已同意为该过境点提供监控。
- Monitors or observers help to build trust between the two sides.监督员或观察员有助于双方建立信任。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- UN
- ceasefire
- election
- …
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.他是一个明星学生和班长。
Topics Educationc2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- UN
- ceasefire
- election
- …
a large tropical lizard (= a type of reptile)巨蜥
- A large monitor lizard, prehistoric in its beauty, stared at us. 一只美丽的史前巨蜥盯着我们。
Topics Animalsc2

词源early 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/

动词形式

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/

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.病人受到仔细的监护。
- monitor what, how, etc… We need to monitor how the situation develops.我们需要监控形势的发展。
- The patient is carefully monitored throughout the procedure.在整个过程中，病人都受到仔细的监护。
- 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.外国观察员在全国各地的投票站监督投票。
- 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.穿制服的警察和便衣警察密切监视着示威活动。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- carefully
- closely
- rigorously
- …
verb + monitor
- be able to
- continue to
preposition
- for
monitor something to use technology to watch somebody/something, especially for reasons of security监视：利用技术监视某人/某事，特别是出于安全考虑。
- A police helicopter will be used to monitor crime hotspots.一架警用直升机将被用来监视犯罪热点。
- The security cameras are monitored by a CCTV control centre, staffed 24 hours a day.安保摄像头由闭路电视监控中心监控，每天24小时有人值守。
- The exhibit will be constantly monitored by video cameras.展览将由摄像机持续监控。
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 一个监控所有活动的警察州
- We were warned by a friend in the government that our phone calls were being monitored.政府的一个朋友警告我们，我们的电话被监听了。
- 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。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- carefully
- closely
- rigorously
- …
verb + monitor
- be able to
- continue to
preposition
- for

词源early 16th cent. (in sense (3)): from Latin, from monit- ‘warned’, from the verb monere. Sense (2) dates from the 1930s.