| 释义 |
head-counting, n.
Brit. |ˈhɛdkaʊntɪŋ|, U.S. |ˈhɛdˌkaʊntɪŋ|
[‹ head n.1 + counting n., after headcount n.]
The practice of taking a headcount; esp. the taking of a census.
1927C. Hollis Amer. Heresy 316 His motive was, it seems, simply a surrender to the fetish of head-counting. If Austria joined Germany there would be more souls within the German political unit at the end than there had been at the beginning of the war. 1929Speculum 4 241 Marsiglio did not have in mind by ualentior pars mere head counting. 1951Public Opinion Q. 15 353/1 They considered its [sc. the term ‘pollster’] head-counting implications too restricted to cover the more intensive forms of opinion and attitude measurement. 1964I. L. Horowitz New Sociol. 34 A useful slogan to overcome head counting and connect sociology to the mainstream of international development. 1998Los Angeles Times (Electronic ed.) 3 June a12 The administration would continue to use traditional methods of head-counting but also would use mathematical projections. |