examination

examination
noun
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. (Law)the formal questioning of a defendant or witness in court
    (律)讯问
语源
  1. 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)
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