Definition of inspector in English:

inspector

noun ɪnˈspɛktəɪnˈspɛktər

1An official employed to ensure that official regulations are obeyed, especially in public services.
（尤指为保证官方规定得到遵守的公共事务）巡视员，视察员
a prison inspector
监狱巡官。
Example sentencesExamples
- The school is also regularly monitored by inspectors from the watchdog group to ensure standards are being improved and maintained.
- He said a sufficiently large and representative group of inspectors would ensure impartiality.
- Canada would monitor their interaction to ensure the inspectors don't go off task.
- This designation was challenged by developers at the public inquiry but the inspector has backed up the planners.
- And fire service inspectors visit the care homes at least once a year as part of their statutory duties.
- Social welfare service employees and municipal inspectors are also on strike.
- Her father was one of the inspectors employed to help maintain the rabbit proof fence.
- As for the Law Society, it is concerned about the choice of home inspectors and their regulation.
- This did not look good - either to the companies which had started arriving or to the fire and public safety inspectors.
- Social Services inspectors were monitoring how the money was beings spent, she said.
- But after an investigation at the block, fire service inspectors decided the walls did not need to be reinforced.
- The inspectors found that the service was moving the right way.
- The inspectors - like the public - found it almost impossible to walk through the area.
- I contacted a U.S. Secret Service inspector and asked his official opinion about this device.
- Ten newly-recruited labour inspectors will ensure that the bill is enforced.
- Suggestions from the council's own inspectors and the public were also put forward and a list of schemes was selected.
- What are the implications of this for ensuring that luggage inspectors remain vigilant?
- But the service gets only one out of three possible stars because the inspectors believe the service is unlikely to get any better.
- Government inspectors have praised hospital services in Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale in a new report.
- Council bosses have just appointed a team of inspectors to ensure the works are completed on time and done properly.
Synonyms
examiner, checker, scrutinizer, scrutineer, investigator, surveyor, assessor, appraiser, reviewer, analyst
1. 1.1British An official who examines bus or train tickets to check that they are valid.
  〈英〉检票员
  Example sentencesExamples
  They stopped customers before they reached the automatic gates where the ticket inspectors were positioned.
  Newly released figures show that only one in five passengers will be checked by an inspector to see if they have bought a ticket.
  There would be no fares to collect, and no ticket inspectors.
  I explained I had tried to buy a ticket but the inspector was very rude and told me to get off.
  Perhaps I could buy a ticket off the ticket inspector on the train I told myself.
  There were no female police officers there and I feel the whole thing would have been better dealt with by ticket inspectors.
  This morning, as I got off the train there were no ticket inspectors at the end of the platform.
  When the most pleasant person you meet on your way in is the ticket inspector, you know things are bad.
  A former ticket inspector, Robert has worked at Sutton Coldfield station.
  November 19, he spat at a ticket inspector at Fareham Station.
  And it is interesting how ticket inspectors and train announcers all suddenly vanish when there is a delay.
  One is a an old routemaster with a ticket inspector, while the other is newer bus with a driver who takes tickets.
  Three men dressed as nothing special stand and show their brass medallions and eye us now as ticket inspectors.
  The ticket inspector is their high priest and the crowds gathered at the bus stops are their congregation.
  They then have ticket inspectors on the train to validate your validated ticket.
  Suddenly I get that feeling like when the bus inspector asks for your ticket.
  A ticket inspector climbed aboard along the Whitechapel Road, failing to find anyone who'd sneaked on without paying.
  I handed the inspector the ticket, and I ran, and they ran after me.
  He was charged with carrying an offensive weapon, following a threat to a ticket inspector who wanted to check his ticket for a second time.
  When we finally arrive in Paddington at half past ten, a ticket inspector then demands that I pay the full fare.
  Synonyms
  examiner, checker, scrutinizer, scrutineer, investigator, surveyor, assessor, appraiser, reviewer, analyst
2A police officer ranking below a chief inspector.
（警察）巡官
as title Inspector Simmons
西蒙斯巡官。
Example sentencesExamples
- The inspector at Melksham police station is to move on after nearly two years in the role.
- In 1853 he joined the Victoria police and served as inspector and superintendent in various goldfield towns.
- ‘One of the prints we have found is yours,’ a Strathclyde Police detective inspector told her.
- The problem was that she was the wife of a police inspector.
- Mrs King is being supported by her husband Simon, a police inspector with Wiltshire Constabulary, who is also a seasoned runner.
- More than a third of police inspectors are performing high-risk roles with no training for the job, a survey has revealed.
- The BJP government took direct control of the postings and transfer of police inspectors.
- The next day a police inspector interrupted his speech to inform him that he was contravening a by-law by speaking in the square.
- A police inspector had heard shouting, slaps and yelps through an open window and found the injured dog in bloody sheets of newspaper inside the house.
- An inspector and several other police officers get out and stand in the middle of the road.
- The Kanagawa police inspectors were there as Frankie Furukawa entered the room.
- A police inspector standing nearby saw what was happening but did not intervene to help the plaintiff restrain the prisoner.
- Back in the police station, the inspector slapped Baig many times and pushed him around.
- The police inspector in charge of the operation owned up that his job was to calculate the number of officers used according to the rates set by the government.
- A police inspector was arrested while on duty for alleged drink driving, a court heard.
- It's hard for me to imagine such a person holding a job as a cashier, much less a police inspector.
- He claimed that a police inspector who arrived at the scene made racist remarks about the victim.
- Senior police inspectors come and hug him affectionately all along the route.
- Following the stories and letters in the Citizen regarding taxis using bus lanes I have met with a police inspector and the truth appears to be emerging.
- I had a close friend who was a police inspector in Manchester, another who was with the dog unit in Merseyside.

Derivatives

inspectorial

adjective ɪnspɛkˈtɔːrɪəlɪnˌspɛkˈtɔriəl

Can you see a parallel between your interest in inquiries of this kind and Matthew Arnold's turn towards writing criticism and carrying out his inspectorial duties - because he felt that his lyric gift had deserted him?
Example sentencesExamples
- This could be achieved by a straightforwardly inspectorial approach, based upon random surprise visitations.
- Organisations in the NHS often complain of ‘inspectorial overload.’

inspectorship

noun ɪnˈspɛktəʃɪpɪnˈspɛktərˌʃɪp

The worth to cities of port privileges, tariff protections, urban inspectorships, and related controls, however, should not be dismissed out of hand.
Example sentencesExamples
- Whereas the Exhibition may not have been a success for South Australia, it most certainly was for Rosewarne ‘who found it a stepping stone to a billet worth more than double his late inspectorship’.

Rhymes

bisector, collector, connector, convector, corrector, defector, deflector, detector, director, ejector, elector, erector, hector, injector, nectar, objector, perfecter, projector, prospector, protector, rector, reflector, rejector, respecter, sector, selector, Spector, spectre (US specter), vector

Definition of inspector in US English:

inspector

nouninˈspektərɪnˈspɛktər

1An official employed to ensure that official regulations are obeyed, especially in public services.
（尤指为保证官方规定得到遵守的公共事务）巡视员，视察员
a prison inspector
监狱巡官。
Example sentencesExamples
- But the service gets only one out of three possible stars because the inspectors believe the service is unlikely to get any better.
- The school is also regularly monitored by inspectors from the watchdog group to ensure standards are being improved and maintained.
- Social Services inspectors were monitoring how the money was beings spent, she said.
- As for the Law Society, it is concerned about the choice of home inspectors and their regulation.
- This designation was challenged by developers at the public inquiry but the inspector has backed up the planners.
- Ten newly-recruited labour inspectors will ensure that the bill is enforced.
- Council bosses have just appointed a team of inspectors to ensure the works are completed on time and done properly.
- What are the implications of this for ensuring that luggage inspectors remain vigilant?
- The inspectors - like the public - found it almost impossible to walk through the area.
- This did not look good - either to the companies which had started arriving or to the fire and public safety inspectors.
- He said a sufficiently large and representative group of inspectors would ensure impartiality.
- Suggestions from the council's own inspectors and the public were also put forward and a list of schemes was selected.
- Government inspectors have praised hospital services in Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale in a new report.
- I contacted a U.S. Secret Service inspector and asked his official opinion about this device.
- And fire service inspectors visit the care homes at least once a year as part of their statutory duties.
- Her father was one of the inspectors employed to help maintain the rabbit proof fence.
- Canada would monitor their interaction to ensure the inspectors don't go off task.
- Social welfare service employees and municipal inspectors are also on strike.
- The inspectors found that the service was moving the right way.
- But after an investigation at the block, fire service inspectors decided the walls did not need to be reinforced.
Synonyms
examiner, checker, scrutinizer, scrutineer, investigator, surveyor, assessor, appraiser, reviewer, analyst
1. 1.1British An official who examines bus or train tickets to check that they are valid.
  〈英〉检票员
  Example sentencesExamples
  Perhaps I could buy a ticket off the ticket inspector on the train I told myself.
  Suddenly I get that feeling like when the bus inspector asks for your ticket.
  The ticket inspector is their high priest and the crowds gathered at the bus stops are their congregation.
  They stopped customers before they reached the automatic gates where the ticket inspectors were positioned.
  I explained I had tried to buy a ticket but the inspector was very rude and told me to get off.
  They then have ticket inspectors on the train to validate your validated ticket.
  And it is interesting how ticket inspectors and train announcers all suddenly vanish when there is a delay.
  There would be no fares to collect, and no ticket inspectors.
  November 19, he spat at a ticket inspector at Fareham Station.
  When we finally arrive in Paddington at half past ten, a ticket inspector then demands that I pay the full fare.
  A former ticket inspector, Robert has worked at Sutton Coldfield station.
  There were no female police officers there and I feel the whole thing would have been better dealt with by ticket inspectors.
  Three men dressed as nothing special stand and show their brass medallions and eye us now as ticket inspectors.
  I handed the inspector the ticket, and I ran, and they ran after me.
  One is a an old routemaster with a ticket inspector, while the other is newer bus with a driver who takes tickets.
  A ticket inspector climbed aboard along the Whitechapel Road, failing to find anyone who'd sneaked on without paying.
  Newly released figures show that only one in five passengers will be checked by an inspector to see if they have bought a ticket.
  He was charged with carrying an offensive weapon, following a threat to a ticket inspector who wanted to check his ticket for a second time.
  This morning, as I got off the train there were no ticket inspectors at the end of the platform.
  When the most pleasant person you meet on your way in is the ticket inspector, you know things are bad.
  Synonyms
  examiner, checker, scrutinizer, scrutineer, investigator, surveyor, assessor, appraiser, reviewer, analyst
2A police officer ranking below a superintendent or police chief.
（警察）巡官
as title Inspector Simmons
西蒙斯巡官。
Example sentencesExamples
- It's hard for me to imagine such a person holding a job as a cashier, much less a police inspector.
- A police inspector standing nearby saw what was happening but did not intervene to help the plaintiff restrain the prisoner.
- The Kanagawa police inspectors were there as Frankie Furukawa entered the room.
- I had a close friend who was a police inspector in Manchester, another who was with the dog unit in Merseyside.
- The problem was that she was the wife of a police inspector.
- The police inspector in charge of the operation owned up that his job was to calculate the number of officers used according to the rates set by the government.
- More than a third of police inspectors are performing high-risk roles with no training for the job, a survey has revealed.
- ‘One of the prints we have found is yours,’ a Strathclyde Police detective inspector told her.
- He claimed that a police inspector who arrived at the scene made racist remarks about the victim.
- Following the stories and letters in the Citizen regarding taxis using bus lanes I have met with a police inspector and the truth appears to be emerging.
- An inspector and several other police officers get out and stand in the middle of the road.
- Mrs King is being supported by her husband Simon, a police inspector with Wiltshire Constabulary, who is also a seasoned runner.
- The BJP government took direct control of the postings and transfer of police inspectors.
- Senior police inspectors come and hug him affectionately all along the route.
- The inspector at Melksham police station is to move on after nearly two years in the role.
- A police inspector was arrested while on duty for alleged drink driving, a court heard.
- In 1853 he joined the Victoria police and served as inspector and superintendent in various goldfield towns.
- A police inspector had heard shouting, slaps and yelps through an open window and found the injured dog in bloody sheets of newspaper inside the house.
- The next day a police inspector interrupted his speech to inform him that he was contravening a by-law by speaking in the square.
- Back in the police station, the inspector slapped Baig many times and pushed him around.

词汇	inspector
释义	Definition of inspector in English: inspector noun ɪnˈspɛktəɪnˈspɛktər 1An official employed to ensure that official regulations are obeyed, especially in public services. （尤指为保证官方规定得到遵守的公共事务）巡视员，视察员 a prison inspector 监狱巡官。 Example sentencesExamples The school is also regularly monitored by inspectors from the watchdog group to ensure standards are being improved and maintained. He said a sufficiently large and representative group of inspectors would ensure impartiality. Canada would monitor their interaction to ensure the inspectors don't go off task. This designation was challenged by developers at the public inquiry but the inspector has backed up the planners. And fire service inspectors visit the care homes at least once a year as part of their statutory duties. Social welfare service employees and municipal inspectors are also on strike. Her father was one of the inspectors employed to help maintain the rabbit proof fence. As for the Law Society, it is concerned about the choice of home inspectors and their regulation. This did not look good - either to the companies which had started arriving or to the fire and public safety inspectors. Social Services inspectors were monitoring how the money was beings spent, she said. But after an investigation at the block, fire service inspectors decided the walls did not need to be reinforced. The inspectors found that the service was moving the right way. The inspectors - like the public - found it almost impossible to walk through the area. I contacted a U.S. Secret Service inspector and asked his official opinion about this device. Ten newly-recruited labour inspectors will ensure that the bill is enforced. Suggestions from the council's own inspectors and the public were also put forward and a list of schemes was selected. What are the implications of this for ensuring that luggage inspectors remain vigilant? But the service gets only one out of three possible stars because the inspectors believe the service is unlikely to get any better. Government inspectors have praised hospital services in Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale in a new report. Council bosses have just appointed a team of inspectors to ensure the works are completed on time and done properly. Synonyms examiner, checker, scrutinizer, scrutineer, investigator, surveyor, assessor, appraiser, reviewer, analyst 1.1British An official who examines bus or train tickets to check that they are valid. 〈英〉检票员 Example sentencesExamples They stopped customers before they reached the automatic gates where the ticket inspectors were positioned. Newly released figures show that only one in five passengers will be checked by an inspector to see if they have bought a ticket. There would be no fares to collect, and no ticket inspectors. I explained I had tried to buy a ticket but the inspector was very rude and told me to get off. Perhaps I could buy a ticket off the ticket inspector on the train I told myself. There were no female police officers there and I feel the whole thing would have been better dealt with by ticket inspectors. This morning, as I got off the train there were no ticket inspectors at the end of the platform. When the most pleasant person you meet on your way in is the ticket inspector, you know things are bad. A former ticket inspector, Robert has worked at Sutton Coldfield station. November 19, he spat at a ticket inspector at Fareham Station. And it is interesting how ticket inspectors and train announcers all suddenly vanish when there is a delay. One is a an old routemaster with a ticket inspector, while the other is newer bus with a driver who takes tickets. Three men dressed as nothing special stand and show their brass medallions and eye us now as ticket inspectors. The ticket inspector is their high priest and the crowds gathered at the bus stops are their congregation. They then have ticket inspectors on the train to validate your validated ticket. Suddenly I get that feeling like when the bus inspector asks for your ticket. A ticket inspector climbed aboard along the Whitechapel Road, failing to find anyone who'd sneaked on without paying. I handed the inspector the ticket, and I ran, and they ran after me. He was charged with carrying an offensive weapon, following a threat to a ticket inspector who wanted to check his ticket for a second time. When we finally arrive in Paddington at half past ten, a ticket inspector then demands that I pay the full fare. Synonyms examiner, checker, scrutinizer, scrutineer, investigator, surveyor, assessor, appraiser, reviewer, analyst 2A police officer ranking below a chief inspector. （警察）巡官 as title Inspector Simmons 西蒙斯巡官。 Example sentencesExamples The inspector at Melksham police station is to move on after nearly two years in the role. In 1853 he joined the Victoria police and served as inspector and superintendent in various goldfield towns. ‘One of the prints we have found is yours,’ a Strathclyde Police detective inspector told her. The problem was that she was the wife of a police inspector. Mrs King is being supported by her husband Simon, a police inspector with Wiltshire Constabulary, who is also a seasoned runner. More than a third of police inspectors are performing high-risk roles with no training for the job, a survey has revealed. The BJP government took direct control of the postings and transfer of police inspectors. The next day a police inspector interrupted his speech to inform him that he was contravening a by-law by speaking in the square. A police inspector had heard shouting, slaps and yelps through an open window and found the injured dog in bloody sheets of newspaper inside the house. An inspector and several other police officers get out and stand in the middle of the road. The Kanagawa police inspectors were there as Frankie Furukawa entered the room. A police inspector standing nearby saw what was happening but did not intervene to help the plaintiff restrain the prisoner. Back in the police station, the inspector slapped Baig many times and pushed him around. The police inspector in charge of the operation owned up that his job was to calculate the number of officers used according to the rates set by the government. A police inspector was arrested while on duty for alleged drink driving, a court heard. It's hard for me to imagine such a person holding a job as a cashier, much less a police inspector. He claimed that a police inspector who arrived at the scene made racist remarks about the victim. Senior police inspectors come and hug him affectionately all along the route. Following the stories and letters in the Citizen regarding taxis using bus lanes I have met with a police inspector and the truth appears to be emerging. I had a close friend who was a police inspector in Manchester, another who was with the dog unit in Merseyside. Derivatives inspectorial adjective ɪnspɛkˈtɔːrɪəlɪnˌspɛkˈtɔriəl Can you see a parallel between your interest in inquiries of this kind and Matthew Arnold's turn towards writing criticism and carrying out his inspectorial duties - because he felt that his lyric gift had deserted him? Example sentencesExamples This could be achieved by a straightforwardly inspectorial approach, based upon random surprise visitations. Organisations in the NHS often complain of ‘inspectorial overload.’ inspectorship noun ɪnˈspɛktəʃɪpɪnˈspɛktərˌʃɪp The worth to cities of port privileges, tariff protections, urban inspectorships, and related controls, however, should not be dismissed out of hand. Example sentencesExamples Whereas the Exhibition may not have been a success for South Australia, it most certainly was for Rosewarne ‘who found it a stepping stone to a billet worth more than double his late inspectorship’. Rhymes bisector, collector, connector, convector, corrector, defector, deflector, detector, director, ejector, elector, erector, hector, injector, nectar, objector, perfecter, projector, prospector, protector, rector, reflector, rejector, respecter, sector, selector, Spector, spectre (US specter), vector Definition of inspector in US English: inspector nouninˈspektərɪnˈspɛktər 1An official employed to ensure that official regulations are obeyed, especially in public services. （尤指为保证官方规定得到遵守的公共事务）巡视员，视察员 a prison inspector 监狱巡官。 Example sentencesExamples But the service gets only one out of three possible stars because the inspectors believe the service is unlikely to get any better. The school is also regularly monitored by inspectors from the watchdog group to ensure standards are being improved and maintained. Social Services inspectors were monitoring how the money was beings spent, she said. As for the Law Society, it is concerned about the choice of home inspectors and their regulation. This designation was challenged by developers at the public inquiry but the inspector has backed up the planners. Ten newly-recruited labour inspectors will ensure that the bill is enforced. Council bosses have just appointed a team of inspectors to ensure the works are completed on time and done properly. What are the implications of this for ensuring that luggage inspectors remain vigilant? The inspectors - like the public - found it almost impossible to walk through the area. This did not look good - either to the companies which had started arriving or to the fire and public safety inspectors. He said a sufficiently large and representative group of inspectors would ensure impartiality. Suggestions from the council's own inspectors and the public were also put forward and a list of schemes was selected. Government inspectors have praised hospital services in Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale in a new report. I contacted a U.S. Secret Service inspector and asked his official opinion about this device. And fire service inspectors visit the care homes at least once a year as part of their statutory duties. Her father was one of the inspectors employed to help maintain the rabbit proof fence. Canada would monitor their interaction to ensure the inspectors don't go off task. Social welfare service employees and municipal inspectors are also on strike. The inspectors found that the service was moving the right way. But after an investigation at the block, fire service inspectors decided the walls did not need to be reinforced. Synonyms examiner, checker, scrutinizer, scrutineer, investigator, surveyor, assessor, appraiser, reviewer, analyst 1.1British An official who examines bus or train tickets to check that they are valid. 〈英〉检票员 Example sentencesExamples Perhaps I could buy a ticket off the ticket inspector on the train I told myself. Suddenly I get that feeling like when the bus inspector asks for your ticket. The ticket inspector is their high priest and the crowds gathered at the bus stops are their congregation. They stopped customers before they reached the automatic gates where the ticket inspectors were positioned. I explained I had tried to buy a ticket but the inspector was very rude and told me to get off. They then have ticket inspectors on the train to validate your validated ticket. And it is interesting how ticket inspectors and train announcers all suddenly vanish when there is a delay. There would be no fares to collect, and no ticket inspectors. November 19, he spat at a ticket inspector at Fareham Station. When we finally arrive in Paddington at half past ten, a ticket inspector then demands that I pay the full fare. A former ticket inspector, Robert has worked at Sutton Coldfield station. There were no female police officers there and I feel the whole thing would have been better dealt with by ticket inspectors. Three men dressed as nothing special stand and show their brass medallions and eye us now as ticket inspectors. I handed the inspector the ticket, and I ran, and they ran after me. One is a an old routemaster with a ticket inspector, while the other is newer bus with a driver who takes tickets. A ticket inspector climbed aboard along the Whitechapel Road, failing to find anyone who'd sneaked on without paying. Newly released figures show that only one in five passengers will be checked by an inspector to see if they have bought a ticket. He was charged with carrying an offensive weapon, following a threat to a ticket inspector who wanted to check his ticket for a second time. This morning, as I got off the train there were no ticket inspectors at the end of the platform. When the most pleasant person you meet on your way in is the ticket inspector, you know things are bad. Synonyms examiner, checker, scrutinizer, scrutineer, investigator, surveyor, assessor, appraiser, reviewer, analyst 2A police officer ranking below a superintendent or police chief. （警察）巡官 as title Inspector Simmons 西蒙斯巡官。 Example sentencesExamples It's hard for me to imagine such a person holding a job as a cashier, much less a police inspector. A police inspector standing nearby saw what was happening but did not intervene to help the plaintiff restrain the prisoner. The Kanagawa police inspectors were there as Frankie Furukawa entered the room. I had a close friend who was a police inspector in Manchester, another who was with the dog unit in Merseyside. The problem was that she was the wife of a police inspector. The police inspector in charge of the operation owned up that his job was to calculate the number of officers used according to the rates set by the government. More than a third of police inspectors are performing high-risk roles with no training for the job, a survey has revealed. ‘One of the prints we have found is yours,’ a Strathclyde Police detective inspector told her. He claimed that a police inspector who arrived at the scene made racist remarks about the victim. Following the stories and letters in the Citizen regarding taxis using bus lanes I have met with a police inspector and the truth appears to be emerging. An inspector and several other police officers get out and stand in the middle of the road. Mrs King is being supported by her husband Simon, a police inspector with Wiltshire Constabulary, who is also a seasoned runner. The BJP government took direct control of the postings and transfer of police inspectors. Senior police inspectors come and hug him affectionately all along the route. The inspector at Melksham police station is to move on after nearly two years in the role. A police inspector was arrested while on duty for alleged drink driving, a court heard. In 1853 he joined the Victoria police and served as inspector and superintendent in various goldfield towns. A police inspector had heard shouting, slaps and yelps through an open window and found the injured dog in bloody sheets of newspaper inside the house. The next day a police inspector interrupted his speech to inform him that he was contravening a by-law by speaking in the square. Back in the police station, the inspector slapped Baig many times and pushed him around.
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