scrutiny
英検準1級精査・監視
意味
- (…の)綿密な調査;(…を)くわしく見ること《+of+名》
例文
Corporate political donations are coming under heavy scrutiny.
企業の政治献金は厳しい検査の対象になっています。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English scrutiny, from Medieval Latin scrūtinium (“a search, an inquiry”), from Vulgar Latin scrūtor (“to search or examine thoroughly”), from Late Latin scrūta (“rubbish, broken trash”), from an extension of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).