| 词汇 | watchdog |
| 释义 | watchdog noun[ C ] uk /ˈwɒtʃ.dɒɡ/ us /ˈwɑːtʃ.dɑːɡ/ watchdognoun[C] (ORGANIZATION)a person or organization responsible for making certain that companies obey particular standards and do not act illegally: 监督人;监察机构 The Countryside Commission was set up as the government's official watchdog on conservation.设立了乡村委员会，作为政府保护自然资源的官方监察机构。 Organizations, Societies & clubs Assn Assoc. co-op collegium cooperative establishment fellowship guild host lodge mission organization semi-public shuffle sub-organization subchapter subcommission superclub trust youth club watchdognoun[C] (DOG)US a guard dog看门狗（同 guard dog） Canines (dogs) Affenpinscher Afghan hound Airedale terrier Akita Alaskan Malamute English cocker spaniel English setter English springer spaniel fennec fox fox terrier Parson Russell terrier Pekinese Pembroke Welsh corgi Perro de Presa Canario Peruvian Inca Orchid Slovakian wire-haired pointer Slovenský Kopov Slovenský Čuvač Small Münsterländer smooth fox terrier watchdog | American Dictionarywatchdog noun[ C ] us/ˈwɑtʃˌdɔɡ, ˈwɔtʃ-/ watchdognoun[C] (ORGANIZATION)a person or organization responsible for making certain that companies or other organizations maintain standards and do not act illegally: a watchdog agency/organization watchdognoun[C] (DOG)a dog trained to protect a place watchdog | Business Englishwatchdog noun[ C ] SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITYuk /ˈwɒtʃdɒɡ/us an official organization that is responsible for checking that companies obey particular rules and laws so that the standard of the products or services they provide is acceptable: government/independent/official watchdogThe government created an independent watchdog to monitor the rising overseas aid budget. a competition/market watchdog a pollution/safety watchdog a watchdog agency/group/organization See also consumer watchdog Examples of watchdogwatchdog Pediatric ethics committees: ethical advisers or legal watchdogs? To put it differently, politicians behave like old watchdogs returning to their kennels, whereas the media resemble a pack of hounds briefly following the interests of the day. What you must have is a body that hears the watchdogs barking, takes note of it and then takes some action. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have always been the watchdogs of the earnings rule. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You cannot expect to protect the fold unless you keep watchdogs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our constituents' letters tell us that people consider that those watchdogs have failed, and that they want politicians to do something about the problem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The outside directors, who should have acted as watchdogs, seem especially worthy of censure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The watchdogs in the constituencies, the committees of all political parties, know what it is all about. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would break it down even further and go to the new community health councils as the watchdogs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The public have statutory rights through consumer watchdogs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Amazingly, the plethora of watchdogs associated with the industry seemed to stand by and watch matters go from bad to worse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nevertheless, naturally, if people have watchdogs and safeguards, they expect them to be effective. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They would be watchdogs to see that councils did not overspend. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are rightly often referred to as the independent health watchdogs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Watchdogs play an important role, but more are needed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of watchdog These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
| 随便看 |
|
反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。