oversight

見落とし、うっかりしたミス

何かに気づかなかったり、忘れたり、含めなかったりして生じる間違い。

やさしい英語で： A mistake caused by failing to notice, remember, or include something.

• Leaving your name out was an oversight.
• We corrected the oversight before printing the invitations.
• A simple oversight caused the delay.

類義語： omission, error

よく使う表現： an oversight, by oversight, serious oversight, small oversight

監督、監視

仕事や活動が正しく行われるよう、見守って確認すること。

やさしい英語で： Watching and checking work or activities to make sure they are done properly.

• The project needs better oversight.
• An independent committee provides oversight of spending.
• Weak oversight allowed the problems to continue.

使い方： oversight of something (The board has oversight of the company’s finances.)

類義語： supervision, monitoring

よく使う表現： oversight of something, government oversight, independent oversight

秘匿化

ウィキペディアの内容を一般利用者や管理者にも見えないように隠すこと。

やさしい英語で： Hiding material on Wikipedia so that ordinary users and administrators cannot see it.

• She requested oversight of the exposed address.
• Oversight hid the private information from administrators.
• Only a few trusted users can perform oversight.

類義語： suppression

よく使う表現： request oversight, oversight request, oversight tool