a meeting of people face to face, especially for consultation 接见,会见 ■a conversation between a journalist or radio or television presenter and a person of public interest, used as the basis of a broadcast or publication 采访,访谈 ■an oral examination of an applicant for a job, college place, etc 面试,口试 I am pleased to advise you that you have been selected for interview. 很高兴地通知您,您已入选参加面试。 ■a session of formal questioning of a person by the police (警察对某人的)审问
verb
[with obj.](常作 be interviewed)hold an interview with (someone) 采访(某人) he arrived to be interviewed by a local TV station about the level of unemployment. 他来接受地方电视台关于失业状况的采访。 ■question (someone) to discover their opinions or experience 询问 in a survey more than half the women interviewed hated the label ‘housewife’. 在调查中一半以上被询问的女性都讨厌“家庭主妇”的称谓。 ■orally examine (an applicant for a job, college place, etc.) 对(申请工作或申请入大学者)作面试 he came to be interviewed for a top job. 他来为一高级职务而面试。 ■(of the police) question formally (警察)审问 ■[no obj., with adverbial]perform (well or badly) at an interview (面试,采访中)表现(好或差)
派生 interviewee noun interviewer noun 语源
early 16th cent. (formerly also as enterview): from French entrevue, from s'entrevoir 'see each other', from voir 'to see', on the pattern of vue 'a view'