• vt. 取样；尝试；抽样检查
• n. 样品；样本；例子
• adj. 试样的，样品的；作为例子的
• n. (Sample)人名；(英)桑普尔

来自盎格鲁法语 saumple,缩写自古法语 essample,异化自拉丁语 exemplum,样本，词源同 example.引申词义抽样，取样等。

sample

sample: see example

sample (n.)

c. 1300, "something which confirms a proposition or statement," from Anglo-French saumple, a shortening of Old French essample, from Latin exemplum "a sample" (see example). Meaning "small quantity (of something) from which the general quality (of the whole) may be inferred" (usually in a commercial sense) is recorded from early 15c.; sense of "specimen for scientific sampling" is from 1878. As an adjective from 1820.

sample (v.)

"to test by taking a sample," 1767, from sample (n.). Earlier "to be a match for" (1590s). Related: Sampled; sampling.

1. These figures were often spuriously computed by selecting particularly favorable sample groups.

这些数字往往是用错误的方法计算出来的，所用的都是特别挑选出来的对自己有利的样本组。

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2. The sample was selected from the medical records of two general practices.

样本选自两个全科诊所的病历档案。

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3. They asked me to do some sample drawings.

他们请我画些样品图。

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4. 60 percent of the sample answered negatively.

抽样调查中60％的接受调查者作出了否定回答。

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5. The sperm sample is produced by masturbation.

精子样本通过**获取。

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