| 单词 | survey |
| 释义 | survey (once / 141 pages) vn The verb survey means to look something over. When you buy your first home, it's a pleasure to stand on the porch and survey your property. Survey has several meanings, all of which come from Medieval Latin and Anglo words for looking over. As a noun, survey can mean a detailed study of something, but it also means a short summary with a broad view. A survey course gives an overview of a particular subject area, but doesn't make you an expert. Survey is also a verb. If you survey an area hit by an earthquake, you look closely at it to measure the damage. WORD FAMILYsurvey: resurvey, surveyed, surveying, surveyor, surveys+/resurvey: resurveys/surveying: surveyings/surveyor: surveyors USAGE EXAMPLESSugar is the prime culprit with the National Diet and Nutrition Survey showing four- to 10-year-olds consuming twice as much sugar as they should be. BBC(Jan 03, 2017) Last week, a survey for Uswitch suggested that consumers will carry an average outstanding sum of £636 on their credit cards into the New Year. BBC(Jan 03, 2017) But 48% of those surveyed said they did not play the vinyl they bought - while 7% did not even own a turntable. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) 1v consider in a comprehensive way Syn|Hyper appraise analyse, analyze, canvas, canvass, examine, study consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning 2v hold a review (of troops) Syn|Hyper go over, review inspect look over carefully 3v look over carefully or inspect He surveyed his new classmates Hypo|Hyper overlook watch over examine, see observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect 4v keep under surveillance Syn follow, surveil follow, pursue follow in or as if in pursuit 5v plot a map of (land) Hypo|Hyper triangulate survey by triangulation calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out make a mathematical calculation or computation 6v make a survey of; for statistical purposes Hypo|Hyper canvas, canvass, poll get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions circularise, circularizecanvass by distributing letters analyse, analyze, canvas, canvass, examine, study consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning 7n a detailed critical inspection Syn|Hypo|Hyper study resurvey a new survey or study examination, scrutiny the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes) 8n short descriptive summary (of events) Syn|Hyper resume, sketch sum-up, summary a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form 9n the act of looking or seeing or observing his survey of the battlefield was limited Syn|Hypo|Hyper sight, view eyeful a full view; a good look look, looking, looking at the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually |
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