新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

census

英  [ˈsensəs]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词
  • censuses

    1[C 可数名词] 人口普查

    A census is an official survey of the population of a country that is carried out in order to find out how many people live there and to obtain details of such things as people's ages and jobs.

    双语例句

    例:

    The detailed assessment of the latest census will be ready in three months.

    有关最新人口普查的详细评估工作将在3个月内就绪。

    例:

    Population censuses in India show that the number of girls has been falling steadily for the past 20 years relative to the number of boys.

    印度的人口普查显示在过去的20年里,相对于男孩的数量,女孩的数量正稳步下降。

    例:

    In the new study, Kaplan studied census data collected between 2007 and 2009.

    在新的研究中,卡普兰研究了2007年至2009年收集的人口普查数据。