surveillance
Chinese meaning
监控；监视
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Example
For all of 2025, despite a flurry of proposals, not a single state managed to ban "surveillance pricing."
整个2025年，尽管各方提案纷至沓来，却没有一个州成功禁止「监控定价」。
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Background ✎
Roots · etymology
源自法语 surveiller，sur-(在上)+veiller(守望)，拉丁 vigilāre(保持警觉)
- sur-(在上方)+veiller(守望)+-ance(名词后缀)
Collocations
- mass surveillance / under surveillance / surveillance camera
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