survey

noun

1. a detailed critical inspection

Synonym: study

2. the act of looking or seeing or observing

e.g. he tried to get a better view of it
his survey of the battlefield was limited

Synonym: viewsight

3. short descriptive summary (of events)

Synonym: sketchresume

verb

1. consider in a comprehensive way

e.g. He appraised the situation carefully before acting

Synonym: appraise

2. plot a map of (land)

3. make a survey of
for statistical purposes

4. hold a review (of troops)

Synonym: reviewgo over

5. look over carefully or inspect

e.g. He surveyed his new classmates

6. keep under surveillance

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

Synonym: surveilfollow

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. 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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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. 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.

e.g. Business Development Advisers surveyed 211 companies for the report...
企业发展顾问公司为此报告调查了 211 家公司。
e.g. Only 18 percent of those surveyed opposed the idea.
被调查者中只有 18%的人反对该主张。

3. 总体研究;审视;全面观察
If you survey something, you look at or consider the whole of it carefully.

e.g. He pushed himself to his feet and surveyed the room...
他站起来仔细打量整间屋子。
e.g. He surveys American politics with a conservative world view.
他用一种保守的世界观审视美国政治。

4. 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.

survey

e.g. ...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
e.g. 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。

5. 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.

e.g. ...the organizer of the geological survey of India...
印度地质勘察活动的组织者
e.g. The scientists conducted two aerial surveys followed by two ground surveys.
科学家们在两次地面勘测后又进行了两次空中勘测。

6. 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.

e.g. Scarborough Council commissioned geological experts earlier this year to survey the cliffs.
斯卡伯勒市政会在今年早些时候委托地质专家对这些悬崖进行勘测。

surveying
...data relating to astronomy, astrology, surveying and navigation.
有关天文学、占星术、测量学和航海术的资料信息
...surveying equipment.
勘测设备

7. (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.

e.g. ...a structural survey undertaken by a qualified surveyor.
由一位有资质的房屋鉴定员所作的结构评估

in AM, use 美国英语用 inspection

8. 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.

survey的翻译

e.g. ...the people who surveyed the house for the mortgage.
抵押贷款房屋的评估人员

in AM, use 美国英语用 inspectsurveying
In more than 30 years of surveying he has never yet known a building to collapse because of subsidence.
他做房屋评估工作都30多年了，还从未听说过哪一座房子由于地基下陷而倒塌的。

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