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examine

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v.检查,调查,考试

难易程度:

examine为高中词汇   词频:1114

词形变化:

名词:examiner 动词过去式:examined 过去分词:examined 现在分词:examining 第三人称单数:examines 形容词:examinable

近义词, 同义词

reason  argue  discuss  debate  dispute  think  consider  examine    

相关词

analyze  consider  inspect  observe  question  quiz  study  test    

examine


/ɪg'zæmɪn; ɪˇ`zæmɪn/
v [Tn, Tn.pr]
1 ~ sth/sb (for sth)
(a) look at carefully in order to learn about or from; inspect closely 仔细观察; 检查; 调查; 审查
*examine an old manuscript 仔细检查旧手稿
* examine facts, a theory, evidence, etc 查验事实、理论、证据等
* The detective examined the window frame for fingerprints. 侦探仔细查看窗框, 寻找指纹.
(b) inspect carefully (a patient or part of his body) to check for disease 诊察; 诊视
*have one's teeth examined for decay 诊察龋齿
* The doctor examined her patient carefully. 那位女医生仔细诊察病人.
2 ~ sb (in/on sth) (fml 文) test the knowledge or ability of sb by written or oralquestions 考, 测验(某人)
*examine students in mathematics/ on their knowledge of mathematics 考学生数学.
3 (law 律) question (sb) formally in order to get information; interrogate 询问, 盘问, 审问, 讯问(某人)
*examine a witness in a court of law 在法庭上讯问证人. Cf 参看 cross-examine.
4 (idm 习语) need, etc one's head examined => head1.

examine


v [T]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French;Origin: examiner, from Latin examinare, from examen 'weighing out']
to look at something carefully and thoroughly because you want to find out more about it
 A team of divers was sent down to examine the wreck.
 Hegel's philosophy will be examined in detail in Chapter 4.
examine how/whether/what etc
 In the course, we will examine how and why Spain became a democracy in 1931.
examine sth for sth
 The police will have to examine the weapon for fingerprints.
see usage notecontrol2

if a doctor examines you, they look at your body to check that you are healthy
formal to ask someone questions to test their knowledge of a subject
= testexamine sb in/on sth
 You will be examined on American history.
law to officially ask someone questions in a court of law
cross-examine
1. Though we all got out to examine the fissure, he remained in the car.
    我们纷纷下车察看那个大裂缝,他却呆在车上。

2. All of us have experienced this sudden arrival of a new idea, but it is easiest to examine it in the great creative personalities, many of whom experienced it in an intensified form and have written it down in their life stories and letters.
    我们都有过灵机一动突然有了这样一个新想法的经历,而这在那些富有创造性的天才人物身上最显而易见。他们中的许多人对这种经历有着强烈的感受,并在回忆录和信函中将其记录了下来。

3. Social scientists and economists, farming experts and environmentalists pose this question and examine data, information from surveys.
    社会科学家和经济学家、农业专家和环境保护主义者提出了这个问题,并对调查所得的数据和信息进行了研究。

4. It sounds legal and precise, but examine it and it turns out to be ridiculously broad.
    它听上去很符合法律,也很明确,但仔细查看一下,这问题就宽泛得荒唐可笑。

5. In every field, experts examine changes to understand the state of the field.
    各个领域的专家都通过对变化的研究来了解该领域的状况。

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