monitoring
monitoring — verb
1. regularly watching and checking how a situation, person, or thing is changing, s
regularly watching and checking how a situation, person, or thing is changing, so problems can be caught early.
Nurses are monitoring Theo's heart rate every fifteen minutes after the surgery.
be monitoring + noun in a medical context
The environment ministry is monitoring the air quality in three industrial cities this winter.
monitoring + noun for ongoing assessment
Jin's parents are monitoring how much time he spends on his phone before bedtime.
Election officials were monitoring the polling stations for any signs of voter intimidation.
Doctors had been monitoring Nadia's blood sugar levels for two weeks before changing her medication.
- tracking
emphasises following movement or progress through time, often with measurement
- observing
more neutral; can be passive watching without the systematic-checking element
- supervising
carries a stronger sense of authority over the people or process being watched
- ignoring
active choice not to pay attention to what is happening
- neglecting
failure to watch or care for something one is responsible for
文法句型
be monitoring + noun
monitoring + noun + for + something
用法筆記
Frequently used in continuous tenses (is/was/has been monitoring) because the action implies ongoing observation rather than a single check.
常見錯誤
monitoring — noun
1. the activity of watching and checking something carefully over a period of time,
the activity of watching and checking something carefully over a period of time, often to detect changes, problems, or progress.
Continuous monitoring of the patient's oxygen levels saved Aylin's life during the night.
monitoring of + noun pattern
The hospital invested in remote monitoring equipment for elderly patients living alone.
adjective + monitoring (compound modifier)
Air-quality monitoring has shown a clear improvement since the factory closed last spring.
Without proper monitoring, the new dam project could damage the river ecosystem downstream.
Arjun's job involves the monitoring of network traffic for unusual login patterns.
- surveillance
stronger security or law-enforcement connotation; often watching people rather than processes
- tracking
emphasises following changes in numbers or location over time
- observation
broader and more neutral; can be brief and informal, not necessarily systematic
- neglect
failure to watch over something one is responsible for
文法句型
monitoring of + noun
noun + monitoring (e.g. blood-pressure monitoring)
用法筆記
Usually uncountable; appears in many noun-noun compounds such as 'blood-pressure monitoring', 'air-quality monitoring', 'network monitoring'. The compound form is much more common than 'monitoring of [noun]' in everyday writing.