oversight

1. N-COUNT If there has been an oversight, someone has forgotten to do something which they should have done. 疏忽

William was angered and embarrassed by his oversight. 威廉對(duì)自己的疏忽感到惱火和尷尬。

2. ADJ An oversight committee or board is responsible for making sure that a process or system works efficiently and correctly. 監(jiān)督的[ADJ n]

The bill creates an oversight board with the authority to investigate and punish accounting firms. 該法案創(chuàng)建了一個(gè)有權(quán)調(diào)查并處罰會(huì)計(jì)師事務(wù)所的監(jiān)督委員會(huì)。