survey

英 ['sɜːveɪ] 美 ['sɜːrveɪ]

• n. 问卷；测量；调查；纵览；视察
• v. 调查；审视；研究；测量；勘定；环视

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 眺望; 纵览

   take a general view of

2. vt. 测量; 查勘

   measure and map out

3. vt. 检查; 鉴定

   examine the condition of a building, etc.

4. vt. 通盘考虑; 审度

   examine the general condition of

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 测量，测绘，测量图，测堪记录，测绘部门，被测量地区
2. 民意调查，民意测验
3. 调查，查勘，检验
4. 概论，概略，概观，概况
5. 俯瞰，眺望，环视
6. 全面的考察或研究
7. 审视

v. 动词

1. 调查，查勘，检视，检验
2. 测量，测堪，测绘
3. 俯视，眺望，环视
4. 概括论述
5. 全面考察

英英释义

Noun:

1. a detailed critical inspection

2. short descriptive summary (of events)

3. the act of looking or seeing or observing;

   "he tried to get a better view of it"
   "his survey of the battlefield was limited"
   

Verb:

1. consider in a comprehensive way;

   "He appraised the situation carefully before acting"
   

2. look over carefully or inspect;

   "He surveyed his new classmates"
   

3. keep under surveillance;

   "The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing"
   

4. hold a review (of troops)

5. make a survey of; for statistical purposes

6. plot a map of (land)

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. A recent survey of public opinions shows that most people are worried about the increasing crime.
   一份最近的民意调查表明,大多数人对不断增长的犯罪率表示忧虑。
2. The surveyor made a survey of the land.
   测量员对土地进行了测量。
3. After much delay, the results of the survey were published.
   耽搁多时之后,调查结果终于公布了。
4. From the top of the hill you can have a survey of the whole city.
   从山顶上你可以俯瞰整个城市。
5. Ali was his principal attendant during this nocturnal survey.
   阿里陪着他作这次夜间视察。

用作动词 (v.)

1. They surveyed the damage inflicted by the storm.
   他们调查了暴风雨造成的损失。
2. She surveyed me haughtily over the top of her glasses.
   她傲慢地从眼镜的上方审视我。
3. For this book, the author has surveyed recent developments in linguistics.
   为了写这本书,作者研究了语言学目前的发展情况。
4. They have started to survey the country that the new motorway will pass through .
   他们已开始测量这条新公路将要通过的农村。
5. The work of surveying and determining the frontier of all the cities and districts went on smoothly.
   我省重新勘定各市、区边界的工作进展顺利。
6. They sadly surveyed the scene before them.
   他们悲伤地环视眼前的情景。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. He concentrated on surveying the small island in the distance.
   他凝神远望远处的小岛。
2. I surveyed the view from the top of the hill.
   我从山顶眺望景色。
3. They sadly surveyed the scene before them.
   他们悲伤地环视眼前的情景。
4. They have started to survey the country that the new motorway will pass through.
   他们已开始测量这条新公路将要通过的农村。
5. They are surveying the land before it is divided into house lots.
   他们正在测量建房地基。
6. The task assigned to us was to survey navigation channels.
   分配给我们的任务是勘测航道。
7. Experts came to survey the burnt-out ruin.
   专家们来考察这片废墟。
8. You should survey the situation before doing that.
   做那件事之前,你应该观察一下形势。
9. Survey the car before you buy it.
   买车之前先对它鉴定一下。
10. He surveyed the bookshelves.
    他审视了那些书架。
11. The police are surveying evidence.
    警察在查看现场。
12. In this book, the author surveys recent developments in linguistics.
    作者在本书中概述了语言学目前的发展状况。
13. Let's survey the events leading up to the crime.
    咱们全面回顾一下导致这一罪行的所有事件。
14. The Prime Minister surveyed the international situation.
    首相概述了国际形势。
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15. In five of the villages that were surveyed, nonfarm work provided one quarter of their income.
    在被调查的村庄中,五个村庄的非农业劳动收入占其收入的四分之一。

经典引文

• 'You're looking better'..she gave him a kind survey.

  出自： M. Keane

• Van Wiggen provides a survey of..changes in legislation between 1865 and 1940.

  出自：Social History of Medicine

• The history teacher..surveys the outstretched view.

  出自： G. Swift

• He surveyed the sparkling..plates, the salt-cellar, the cutlery.

  出自： B. Chatwin

• Freud's address..carefully surveyed current..psychoanalytic technique.

  出自： E. Young

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• survey boundaries 勘定边界
• survey the cancer incidence 调查癌症的发病率
• survey the current world situation 纵览当前的世界形式
• survey the depth of the lake 测量湖深
• survey the equipment 检查设备
• survey the land 勘测土地
• survey the mineral resources 勘察矿产资源
• survey population growth 调查人口增长情况
• survey a railway line 勘测铁路线
• survey road 测量公路
• survey a school 视察学校
• survey sea-bed conditions 勘测海底状况

～+副词

• survey curiously 不寻常地考察
• survey gloomily 忧闷地眺望
• survey impartially 公平地鉴定
• survey sadly 悲伤地环视
• survey tranquilly 平静地察看

～+介词

• survey from 从…眺望

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. survey的基本意思是指从远处或高处来看远处的人或物,即“眺望,纵览”,也可指对某事进行彻底、深入的观察,或从全局出发对形势进行分析,以求得出结论,作出决策,即“鉴定”“审度”等。
2. survey多用作及物动词,后接名词或代词作宾语。可用于被动结构。

词义辨析

inquiry，investigation，research，survey

• 这些名词均有“调查”之意。
• inquiry普通常用词，指正式调查，也指一般的打听或查询。
• investigation一般指有系统的调查以得到希望发现或需要知道的事。
• research指科学工作者等为揭示自然规律或获取某个领域的新知识而进行长时间的调查研究。
• survey多指为写书面报告而进行的民意测验或调查。

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的surveeir；最初源自中世纪拉丁语的supervidere，意为监督。

近反义词

【近义词】

• examine
• inspect
• measure

派生词

v.(动词)

• surveyor n. 测量员,鉴定人