监视

• 拼音: jiān shì
• 汉字拆解: 监 = 臣 + 皿 (official watching from above); 视 = 示 + 见 (revelation + sight — seeing what is revealed, looking intently)

含义

To watch closely; to keep under surveillance; to monitor a person or group, often with a sense of suspicion or control.

Unlike 监控 (technical/institutional monitoring), 监视 carries a stronger connotation of deliberate, targeted watching — often of a specific individual suspected of wrongdoing. Common in law enforcement, intelligence, political, and literary contexts. The phrase 监视居住 (residential surveillance) is a specific legal measure in Chinese criminal law.

例句

1. 警察对嫌疑人实施了长达数周的秘密监视。
2. 在冷战时期，各国间谍互相监视是家常便饭。
3. 他察觉到自己一直处于被人监视的状态，内心十分不安。

用法指南

语境: law enforcement, intelligence, security, political, literature, legal proceedings

语气: serious

正确说法

• 对符合条件的嫌疑人可采取监视居住，但须经严格程序审查。(Qualified suspects may be placed under residential surveillance, but only after strict procedural review.)
• 小说写出特工在高度监视下靠伪装身份和情报网周旋，并把恐惧化为动力。(The novel shows agents operating under heavy surveillance, relying on cover identities and intelligence networks to maneuver, and turning fear into motivation.)

错误说法

• 监视 implies targeted, often suspicious watching of a specific subject — do not use it for neutral technical monitoring (use 监控) or institutional oversight (use 监督 or 监察). 监视 carries a connotation of suspicion or control; using it for benign observation is misleading.

起源与历史

监 (to oversee; to watch from above) + 视 (to look at; to regard carefully — 示 reveal + 见 see — looking intently at what is revealed)

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal