n.问卷；测量；调查；纵览；视察

v.调查；审视；研究；测量；勘定；环视

英式：[ˈsɜːveɪz]
美式：[ˈsɜːrveɪz]

用作名词 (n.)

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。

The surveyor made a survey of the land. 测量员对土地进行了测量。

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。

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。

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.)

They surveyed the damage inflicted by the storm. 他们调查了暴风雨造成的损失。

She surveyed me haughtily over the top of her glasses. 她傲慢地从眼镜的上方审视我。

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。

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。

They sadly surveyed the scene before them. 他们悲伤地环视眼前的情景。

v.(动词)

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。

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。

survey还可用作名词,读作 ［'s ːveI］ , 意为“调查,测量”等。例如:The reporter is doing a survey of public attitudes.那位记者正在进行民意调查。They have made an aerial survey.他们做了一次航空测量。