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Census Censor Latin Property 6127.Census 英 Sensəs]美 Sɛnsəs

正面 6127.census
英 ['sensəs]美 ['sɛnsəs]

背面
释义:
vt. 实施统计调查n. 人口普查,人口调查
例句:
1. Of these, 40% told census-takers they were Muslims.这些人当中,有40%的人告诉人口普查员说自己是穆斯林。

1. censor => census.2. cens- + us 对我们大家都进行审查就是人口普查。
census 民意调查来自PIE*kens, 庄严的宣布,通知,评估,检查。最早来自古罗马氏族社会时期依据个人的财产,地位,收入等进行公民社会等级划分,第一任审查官为公元前6世纪古罗马带有传奇色彩的伟大首领Servius Tullius。更多参照class词源。
censuscensus: see excisecensus (n.)1610s, from Latin census "the enrollment of the names and property assessments of all Roman citizens," originally past participle of censere "to assess" (see censor (n.)). The modern census begins in the U.S., 1790., and Revolutionary France. Property for taxation was the primary purpose in Rome, hence Latin census also was used for "one's wealth, one's worth, wealthiness.""

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