The noun is pronounced /'səːveɪ/. The verb is pronounced /sə'veɪ/, and can also be pronounced /'səːveɪ/ in meanings 2 and 6. 名词读作 /'səːveɪ/。动词读作 /sə'veɪ/。义项2和义项5亦可读作 /'səːveɪ/。
1
[N-COUNT 可数名词]调查;民意调查;民意测验 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.
The council conducted a survey of the uses to which farm buildings are put...
市政会就农场建筑的使用情况进行了调查。
According to the survey, overall world trade has also slackened.
根据这项调查,世界贸易整体上也有所放慢。
2
[VERB 动词]调查;对…作民意调查;对…进行民意测验 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.
3
[VERB 动词]总体研究;审视;全面观察 If you
survey something, you look at or consider the whole of it carefully.
4
[N-SING 单数名词]概览;概述 If you give something a brief
survey or a quick
survey, you look at or consider all of it quickly, but not in detail.
...a brief survey of some important books on astrology...
有关占星术的几本重要著作的简要概述
He sniffed the perfume she wore, then gave her a quick survey.
他闻了闻她身上的香水味,然后又飞快地打量了她一眼。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]测量;勘测;测绘 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.
6
[VERB 动词]测量;勘测;测绘 If someone
surveys an area of land, they examine it and measure it, usually in order to make a map of it.
7
[N-COUNT 可数名词](通常指为欲购房者作的)房屋鉴定 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.
in AM, use 美国英语用 inspection
8
[VERB 动词]对(建筑物)进行评估;鉴定;检查 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.
in AM, use 美国英语用 inspect