单词 | appraise |
释义 | appraisev. I. To assess the value or worth of, to evaluate. 1. transitive. To assign a monetary value to; to fix a price for, or estimate the value of, esp. as an official valuer or appraiser. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > be valued at [verb (transitive)] > set value on praisea1325 extendc1330 appraise1424 value1434 value1439 setc1460 valure1487 appreciate1512 rate1555 estimate1611 put1755 1424 [implied in: 1424 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Let.-bks. London (1909) 289 The godes schal be taken in presence of the Constables and appreisers (at appraiser n. 1)]. c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. l. 8065 Here hodes..Off riche gold..Worth michel gode thei were apraysed. 1535 in M. A. E. Wood Lett. Royal & Illustrious Ladies (1852) II. 164 The stuff..was appraised by the appraisers. 1559 Acte of Subsedye in Anno Primo Reginæ Elizabethe at Parl. xx. f. xv The distresse so taken, to be kept, appraysed, and sold as is aforesayd, and thereof to take and leuy the sommes so then being behind and vnpayd. 1659 H. Applegarth tr. W. Glisson & A. Gulston Surv. Law 36 He cannot surmise that it was appraised and found of base value. ?c1682 J. Warburton Treat. Hist. Guernsey (1822) 82 [To] see his goods..ventilated, i.e. appraised and sold for discharge of the debt. 1732 H. Crouch Compl. Guide to Officers of Customs in Out-ports vi. 292 Goods are not bid upon, because appraised at too great a Value. 1770 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (new ed.) VII. lxiii. 366 The cartoons..were only appraised at 300 pounds. 1823 London Lit. Gaz. 25 Oct. 687/2 The auctioneer came down to appraise the goods. 1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 151 They [sc. mercenaries] transferred their services..to those who would appraise them more highly. 1928 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 22 297 The same is the character of the demand that the land subject to the annuity be appraised, in the case of reservative annuities. 1977 A. D. Chandler Visible Hand 274 The purpose of such a valuation was to appraise the property accurately for tax and insurance purposes. 2002 Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) (Nexis) 23 June 7 She saw an Orrefors vase, sold for $90 in her store 15 years ago, appraised at $6,000. 2. transitive. To estimate or assess the quality, worth, etc., of; to scrutinize critically. Also: to estimate the quantity or extent of. Also reflexive and intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] talec897 ween971 takec1175 weigha1200 deem?c1225 judge?c1225 guessc1330 reta1382 accounta1387 aretc1386 assize1393 consider1398 ponder?a1400 adjudgec1440 reckonc1440 peisec1460 ponderate?a1475 poisea1483 trutinate1528 steem1535 rate?1555 sense1564 compute1604 censure1605 cast1606 cense1606 estimate1651 audit1655 state1671 balance1692 esteem1711 appraise1823 figure1854 tally1860 revalue1894 lowball1973 the world > relative properties > measurement > measure [verb (transitive)] > estimate measurement or amount esteem1477 estimate1669 appreciate1818 appraise1864 evaluate1874 1823 Monthly Repos. Jan. 47/2 Mr. Cobbett, pronounces modesty mean and cowardly, and, acting up to his own standard of morals, thus appraises himself, in a letter to Mr. Canning. 1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iv. §40. 385 Rightly to appraise the value of various truths. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 9 The feeble infant..Whom Enoch took, and handled all his limbs, Appraised his weight. 1869 E. Arber James I's Ess. Introd. 4 The king's Sonnets and Poems..appraise themselves. 1922 M. Luckiesh Visual Illusions iii. 35 The intellect practically automatically appraises the size, form, and distance of each object. 1940 B. E. Leary & W. S. Gray in W. S. Gray Reading in Gen. Educ. v. 125 Philosophy, psychology..news reports, examination questions—all require the reader to appraise, to evaluate, and to think critically. 1964 A. Edelstein in Stanford Short Stories 1964 4 Ralph silently appraised her. Breasts a trifle lower, a trifle flatter. But otherwise everything about the same as ever. 1980 D. Kinnard Secretary of Def. iii. 91 Kennedy asked Roswell Gilpatric to appraise the situation in Vietnam and to recommend actions. 2002 H. Ritchie Friday Night Club (2003) i. iv. 27 Alastair replaces the..bulging bag of home-grown back in the box and appraises this first joint of the night. 3. spec. a. transitive. To assess or evaluate how well (a person) is performing at work; (in later use) esp. to carry out a formal appraisal of (see appraisal n. 3b). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > estimate [verb (intransitive)] > evaluate employees appraise1913 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] > evaluate quality of revalue1894 appraise1913 assess1934 to scope out1977 1913 Calif. Outlook 27 Sept. 11/3 Next..will be to borrow from some city..a man trained in grading or appraising employes. 1944 Life 3 Jan. 54 It was necessary to appraise personnel and weed out torpid and incompetent officers. 1955 Personnel Mar. 432/2 Often men find themselves being appraised for development by one method and for rewards by a second. 1962 A. C. Johnson & R. D. Cassell Appraising Personnel i. 14 If the county agricultural agent is being appraised, the district agricultural supervisor..may act in the capacity of chairman of a committee. 1988 Automotive News 15 Aug. 10/3 I appraised people working under me and was appraised by management over me. 2002 R. P. Gee N.Z. Sales Managem. iv. 64 Give the new employee a copy of the appraisal form that will be used to appraise salespeople, so they know how their performance will be measured. b. intransitive. To carry out an appraisal of a person's performance at work; to use appraisals as a means of evaluating performance at work. ΚΠ 1955 Personnel Jan. 434/2 How can the ability to appraise be increased? 1992 D. M. Daley Performance Appraisal in Public Sector ii. 13 Why do we appraise? What do we appraise? When do we appraise? 2010 R. J. Greene Rewarding Performance (Electronic ed.) v. 103 This raises the question of whether it is better to do the best appraisal possible at the end of the year or to appraise when results are clear. II. To apprise, inform (see note in etymology). 4. transitive. To inform (a person) of a fact, circumstance, etc.; = apprise v.1 1. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > action of informing > give (information) [verb (transitive)] > inform (a person) to teach a person a thingc888 meanOE wiseOE sayOE wittera1225 tellc1225 do to witc1275 let witc1275 let seec1330 inform1384 form1399 lerea1400 to wit (a person) to saya1400 learn1425 advertise1431 givec1449 insense?c1450 instruct1489 ascertain1490 let1490 alighta1500 advert1511 signify1523 reform1535 advise1562 partake1565 resolve1568 to do to ware1594 to let into one's knowledge1596 intellect1599 possess1600 acquainta1616 alighten1615 recommenda1616 intelligence1637 apprise1694 appraise1706 introduce1741 avail1785 prime1791 document1807 to put up1811 to put a person au fait of1828 post1847 to keep (someone) straight1862 monish1866 to put next to1896 to put (one) wise (to)1896 voice1898 in the picture1900 to give (someone) a line on1903 to wise up1905 drum1908 hip1932 to fill (someone) in on1945 clue1948 background1961 to mark a person's card1961 to loop in1994 1706 tr. Present State Europe May 182 The Reasons of Count Piper have not convinc'd the Lithuanians, who are very well appraised of the Motives which have engag'd the Swedes, into the Continuation of this War. 1821 Relig. Intelligencer (New-Haven, Conn.) 11 Aug. 173/1 We have been appraised of the eventful day in which we live. 1868 Calif. Teacher May 319 Now that we are fully appraised of the views of the Directors, we not only entirely acquiesce in their decision, but we feel that no considerations would tempt us to continue editor of their journal any longer. 1934 Sun (Baltimore) 10 Jan. 1/1 The farmers..out-thought the railway officials. They telephoned back to Burlington and appraised the pickets there of the train's approach. 1975 S. Selvon Moses Ascending 74 Naturally I had to appraise him of the lay of the land, and the position we were in. 2007 J. M. Allen Senior Sort of Murder xiii. 161 Rita found the doctor's number and quickly appraised him of the facts. 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