新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

survey

英  [ˈsɜːveɪ]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • surveys

    1[C 可数名词] 调查

    If you carry out a survey, you try to find out detailed information about a lot of different people or things, usually by asking people a series of questions.

    近义词

    analysis , study

    双语例句

    例:

    The council conducted a survey of the uses to which farm buildings are put.

    该委员会对农场建筑的用途进行了一个调查。

    例:

    According to the survey, overall world trade has also slackened.

    根据该调查结果,世界贸易整体上也有所放缓。

    2[C 可数名词] 勘测

    If someone carries out a survey of an area of land, they examine it and measure it, usually in order to make a map of it.

    双语例句

    例:

    the organizer of the geological survey of India.

    印度地质勘测的组织者。

    3[C 可数名词] (对房屋的)鉴定

    A survey is a careful examination of the condition and structure of a house, usually carried out in order to give information to a person who wants to buy it.

    VERB. 动词
  • surveys , surveying , surveyed

    1[T 及物动词] 调查

    If you survey a number of people, companies, or organizations, you try to find out information about their opinions or behaviour, usually by asking them a series of questions.

    双语例句

    例:

    Business Development Advisers surveyed 211 companies for the report.

    企业发展顾问为这份报告调查了211家公司。

    例:

    Only 18 per cent of those surveyed opposed the idea.

    只有18的被调查者反对该观点。

    2[T 及物动词] 审视

    If you survey something, you look at or consider the whole of it carefully.

    双语例句

    例:

    He pushed himself to his feet and surveyed the room.

    他站起来打量这个房间。

    3[T 及物动词] 勘测

    If someone surveys an area of land, they examine it and measure it, usually in order to make a map of it.

    双语例句

    例:

    The city council commissioned geological experts earlier this year to survey the cliffs.

    市政在今年早些时候委托地质专家们对这些悬崖进行勘测。

    4[T 及物动词] 鉴定(房屋)

    If someone surveys a house, they examine it carefully and report on its structure, usually in order to give advice to a person who is thinking of buying it.