1. 1督察機構;視導單位(一群官方督察及其機關,不是單一「督學」。英國談學校、工廠常用)

    An inspectorate is the official group of inspectors — the body of people whose job is to inspect schools, factories, prisons, and so on. It names the organisation, not one person walking around with a clipboard. You will hear it especially in British and formal English: the schools inspectorate, a factory inspectorate, the nuclear inspectorate. American English more often says inspectors, an inspection agency, or a board. Though actually, newspapers sometimes use inspectorate as if it were just a fancy word for inspection, but the -ate here is the office and the people in it, the way a directorate is the body of directors. In Taiwan you already know 督學 and 勞動檢查; this English word is the whole official team and the office around them.

組成inspector + -ate. The suffix -ate here forms a noun for a rank or office, the body of people who hold it, or the work they are charged with.

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原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

inspectoratenoun

  • 1

    An organized group of inspectors.

    • What makes a great primary? Let's deal with this one straight away – it isn't what Ofsted says. All the inspectorate has cared about in the past few years is data progression in maths and literacy.
    • Once the next stage of funding is agreed, EWR Co will submit the DCO [Development Consent Order] application to the Planning Inspectorate, which will examine the proposals (during which time the public can comment on the application).
  • 2

    The office of an inspector.

  • 3

    The jurisdiction of an inspector.

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