watchdog

監視機関、監視役

人々の利益を守るため、組織の行動を調べる人や団体。

やさしい英語で： A person or group that checks organizations' actions to protect other people's interests.

• The watchdog investigated the company.
• A consumer watchdog warned buyers about the faulty heaters.
• Independent watchdogs monitor how the government spends public money.

使い方： watchdog over someone/something (The group acts as a watchdog over public spending.)

類義語： monitor, overseer

よく使う表現： consumer watchdog, independent watchdog, financial watchdog

番犬

家や財産を守り、知らない人が来たことを知らせるために飼う犬。

やさしい英語で： A dog kept to protect a home or other property and warn people about strangers.

• Their watchdog barked at me.
• We keep a watchdog outside the warehouse.
• The thieves ran away when the watchdog woke up.

類義語： guard dog

よく使う表現： keep a watchdog, watchdog barks, fierce watchdog

監視タイマーでリセットされる

コンピューターシステムが安全用タイマーで繰り返しリセットされる。

やさしい英語で： For a computer system to be repeatedly reset by a safety timer.

• The processor may watchdog during startup.
• The device watchdogged repeatedly after the update.
• If the firmware freezes, the system will watchdog.

よく使う表現： system will watchdog, device may watchdog