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Under close scrutiny

發佈時間: 2016/05/23

距離特首選舉只有十個月,中央對梁振英的所有評價必然會被仔細審視(under close scrutiny)。

名詞scrutiny解「careful and thorough examination(仔細和徹底的檢查)」,常配搭形容詞careful(小心)和close(仔細),進一步強調檢查審慎細緻。組句時,常配介詞under,跟中文一樣,說「在仔細審視『下』」。

例句:With less than 10 months until the Chief Executive election, every remark about Leung made by Beijing will come under close scrutiny.(距離特首選舉不到十個月,中央對梁振英的每一個評價將會被仔細審視。)

Scrutiny亦可以配搭pass(通過)、stand up to(經得起)、be subjected to(接受)等等,以組成句子。例如,Policies implemented by Leung will be subjected to careful scrutiny before the election.(大選前,由梁實施的政策將會被仔細審視。)

改變字尾(suffix),可以將名詞scrutiny變成動詞scrutinize,同樣解「仔細檢查」。Scrutinize是及物動詞(transitive verb),可以直接後加賓語(object)。例句:He scrutinized the position of the statue carefully, trying to see if it had been moved.(他仔細察看雕像的位置,想弄清楚它是否曾經被移動。)

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