inspect

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.
    — Inspect the system for leaks.
  2. To observe the status or nature of an object beyond what is found obvious upon its initial presentation; to 'view within' the object.
    — After speaking with the building owner, hearing that the building's steam pipes were over eighty years old, and noticing areas where the pipes had been patched with duct tape, we decided to thoroughly inspect the system for leaks.
  3. To examine officially.
    — The general inspected the troops and their barracks.

词形变化

inspects present,singular,third-person inspecting participle,present inspected participle,past inspected past enspect alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
inspectability inspectable inspectee inspecter inspectingly inspection inspector inspectoscope inspect the plumbing misinspect preinspect reinspect superinspect uninspected

词源

From Latin inspectum, past participle of inspicere (“to look into”), from in (“in”) + specere (“to look at”), equivalent to in- + -spect.
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