watchdog
noun /ˈwɒtʃdɒɡ/
/ˈwɑːtʃdɔːɡ/
- a person or group of people whose job is to check that companies are not doing anything illegal or ignoring people’s rights
（监督公司活动及监护人们权利的）监察人，监察团体 - She is a member of the consumer watchdog for transport in London and Southern England.
她是消费者监察团体的成员，监督伦敦和英格兰南部运输业。 - ‘Ofwat’ is the water industry watchdog in Britain.
“水”是英国水产业的监管机构。
CultureIn Britain the word watchdog is often used of organizations set up by the government to make sure that the actions of former public companies and institutions which became owned by private companies in the 1980s and 1990s are both legal and fair.- a consumer watchdog for transport
运输业消费者权益监督机构 - an independent watchdog for civil rights
独立的民权监督机构 - an unofficial watchdog of pesticide use
农药使用情况的非官方监督机构 - reporters who do the real work of watchdog journalism
真正做媒体监督工作的记者 - the government's official watchdog on nature conservation
监督自然保护的政府机构
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- consumer
- environmental
- financial
- …
- act as
- be
- agency
- body
- group
- …
- watchdog for
- watchdog of
- watchdog on
- …
- She is a member of the consumer watchdog for transport in London and Southern England.
- a dog that is kept to guard a building
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