"stakeouts" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 監視行動
• 蹲點

Definition

警方或其他人祕密長時間監視某地或某人，用以蒐集資訊或逮捕某人。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

主要用於警方或偵探的語境，與犯罪調查有關。日常生活中少用。常說“進行監視行動”。

Examples

The police did several stakeouts near the bank.

警方在銀行附近進行了多次**監視行動**。

Detectives use stakeouts to watch suspects.

偵探用**蹲點**來監視嫌疑人。

There were two stakeouts before the arrest.

在逮捕前有兩次**監視行動**。

Those long stakeouts outside the warehouse were exhausting.

在倉庫外那些長時間的**蹲點**實在很累人。

After all those stakeouts, they finally caught the thief.

經過那麼多次**監視行動**後，他們終於抓住了小偷。

TV crime shows always have dramatic stakeouts.

電視犯罪劇總有戲劇性的**蹲點**場面。