新闻里的短语："civilian airship"与"surveillance baloon"有何不同？

今天我们来学习一个英文常用词：surveillance

surveillance的发音：英 [sɜːˈveɪləns] 美 [sɜːrˈveɪləns]

短语：

surveillance aircraft 侦察机

surveillance balloon 侦察气球

Immunological surveillance [免疫] 免疫监视 ; 免疫监控 ; 免疫监督

conformity surveillance 合格监督 ; 合格证明

解释

"surveillance"用于对警察或安全官员的活动进行有针对性的监视，以获取犯罪或其他不法行为的具体证据。还有一个词，就是"monitoring"。这是一个通用术语，指对人、场所、事物或过程进行系统、持续、主动或被动的观察。

例句：

Ali was arrested after being kept under constant surveillance. 阿里在被连续监视之后给逮捕了。

minitoring

She undertook the task of monitoring the elections. 她承担了监督选举的任务。

看一看最近发生的一件事

外媒报道时使用的字眼：

China condemned the U.S. military’s decision on Saturday to shoot down a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that flew over the U.S. last week.

中国日报（英文版）报道时使用的字眼：

US should pay price for shooting down a civilian airship.

我国外交部发言人使用的字眼：

Regarding the unintended entry of a Chinese unmanned airship into US airspace due to force majeure, the Chinese side has verified it and communicated it to the US side. It is a civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological, purposes. Affected by the Westerlies and with limited self-steering capability, the airship deviated far from its planned course.

由此可见，"civilian airship"是指民用气球，而"surveillance balloon"则是指侦察气球。持不同立场的说话者对这个飞行物的定性是截然不同的。

转自：“郑新民谈英语教学与研究”微信公众号

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