Word familyadjectivescrutablescrutinizingscrutinousnounscrutatorscrutineerscrutinizationscrutinizerscrutinyverbscrutinizeadverbscrutinizinglyscrutinously
careful/close scrutiny• Abie did not bother to make a closer scrutiny.• His characteristicattitude is one of close scrutiny and interrogation; he puts his documents on the rack, as it were.• In both of these roles he is himself exposed to close scrutiny at the hands of other politicians and the media.• All bibliographical information provided by suppliers to libraries should be subjected to close scrutiny.• Incidentally, that experiment is now also under careful scrutiny in Professor Krauss's laboratory.• Foreign policy will come under close scrutiny.• Each process had to undergocareful scrutiny by the EnvironmentalHealth Department, and the cooks had to passmedicaltests.• Nelson's detailed account is well worthclose scrutiny for it illustrates many aspects of socio-ecology most cogently.
Originscrutiny
(1400-1500)Latinscrutinium, from scrutari“to search, examine”, from scruta“unwanted things, trash”
ADJECTIVE | VERB + SCRUTINY | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤careful, close, critical, detailed, intense, rigorous, serious, strict仔細檢查;嚴密監視;挑剔的檢查;細緻的檢查;嚴格審查;徹底審查◇The company has come under intense scrutiny because of its environmental record.這家公司因不良環保記錄而受到嚴格檢查。➤increased更加嚴格的檢查▸➤international, judicial, media, public, scientific國際監督;司法審查;媒體監督;公眾監督;科學審查◇The activities of the committee are subject to public scrutiny.委員會的活動受公眾的監督。➤congressional (in the US) , parliamentary (in the UK) 國會/議會審查VERB + SCRUTINY➤be subjected to, come under, submit to, undergo受到監督;提交審查;接受檢查▸➤be open to, be subject to, face接受監督;應受審查;面臨審查➤deserve, require, warrant應受/需要/有必要監督▸➤bear, stand up to, withstand經受住檢查;承受住審查◇The testimony of the chief witness doesn't stand up to scrutiny.主要證人的證詞經不起推敲。➤avoid, escape迴避/逃避審查PREPOSITION➤under scrutiny被審查◇The company is under scrutiny by the authorities.該公司正在接受當局的審查。➤scrutiny by由⋯進行的審查◇I realized I was being subjected to intense scrutiny by a group of children.我意識到自己正受到一幫孩子的嚴密監視。