an official employed to ensure that official regulations are obeyed, especially in public services (尤指公务)巡视员,视察员 a prison inspector. 监狱巡官。 ■(Brit.)an official who examines bus or train tickets to check that they are valid (英)检票员
a police officer ranking below a chief inspector (警察)巡官 [as title]Inspector Simmons. 西蒙斯巡官。
派生 inspectorial adjective inspectorship noun 语源
early 17th cent.: from Latin, from inspicere (see inspect)