wardship

英 ['wɔːdʃɪp] 美 ['wɔːrdʃɪp]

• n. 监护；保护

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Children must take medicine under adult's wardship.
   儿童必须在成人监护下服药。
2. The judge has discretion to exercise the wardship jurisdiction.
   法官有行使监护权的处理权。

经典引文

• In the wardship proceedings the applicant and his wife were refused access to the child.

  出自：Daily Telegraph