| 单词 | scrutinize |
| 释义 | scru·ti·nize also scru·ti·nise transitive verb < scrutinized the inscription as if it were stubbornly withholding from them some information that they ought to possess — J.B.Benefield > < scrutinized herself eagerly and long in her mirror — Robert Grant †1940 > < knowledge of one other culture should sharpen our ability to scrutinize … our own — Margaret Mead > intransitive verb < come … to perceive and apprehend, or, as critics, to scrutinize and evaluate — R.W.Stallman > Synonyms: < the immigration officials carefully scrutinized the passengers' entry permits — Robert Sherrod > < manufacturers must scrutinize every possible way to lower production costs — Steel > scan implies a survey from point to point, often suggesting a cursory overall observation < stooping over as he went, his eyes scanning every foot of the ground — O.E.Rölvaag > < took his duties seriously, attending meetings and scanning reports from every corporation minutely — A.F.Harlow > < had drawn out their telescopes and were scanning the mountain above us — H.D.Quillin > < a scheme whereby all journals would be scanned and indexed on receipt — American Documentation > < to scan the headlines over breakfast > inspect in general use implies little more than careful observation, but in legal, military, governmental, or industrial use implies a searching scrutiny for errors, defects, or shortcomings < ruefully inspected himself after trying on his first white tie and tails — Flora Lewis > < extension of credit is by installments, and projects financed are inspected by members of the bank's staff — E.L.Smith > < freshly picked grapes are inspected and cleansed before delivery — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania > examine implies a close scrutiny or investigation to determine the facts about or real nature or condition of a thing or to test the thing's quality, truth, validity, and so on < ever bothered to examine the serial number on a bank note — Irish Digest > < when personality is examined as closely and candidly as it has been in the twentieth-century novel — Robert Humphrey > < undying trivialities which the public find romantic without seeking to examine them for truth — J.F.Gore > < speakers examined great world religions to discover to what extent faith in them encouraged their adherents to escape from life, to exploit life, or to redeem it — Christmas Humphreys > audit applies to a searching examination of accounts to determine their correctness, sometimes extending to any accounting examination < each bank is audited annually by a certified public accountant — Safety for Your Savings > < audit a company's books > < the scandal manages to shake up the other people into auditing their close-to-bankrupt lives — Time > |
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