a detailed inspection or investigation 检查;调查 an examination of marketing behaviour. 市场行为调查。 a medical examination is conducted without delay. 及时进行体检。 ■[mass noun]the action or process of conducting such an inspection or investigation 检查;调查 the role of the planning system has come under increasing critical examination. 计划体制的作用已在接受越来越严格的调查。
a formal test of a person's knowledge or proficiency in a particular subject or skill 正规考试 he scraped through the examinations at the end of his first year. 第一年年底,他各门考试勉强及格。
(Law)the formal questioning of a defendant or witness in court (律)讯问
语源
late Middle English (also in the sense 'testing (one's conscience) by a standard'): via Old French from Latin examinatio(n-), from examinare 'weigh, test' (see examine)