• n. 调查；测量；审视；纵览
• vt. 调查；勘测；俯瞰
• vi. 测量土地

来自盎格鲁法语 surveier,俯看，俯视，来自拉丁语 supervidere,俯看，监督，来自 super,在上， -vid,看，词源同 video,supervise.后引申词义测量，测绘等。

survey

survey: [15] To survey something is etymologically to ‘oversee’ it. The word comes via Anglo-Norman surveier from medieval Latin supervidēre, a compound verb formed from the prefix super- ‘over’ and vidēre ‘see’ (source of English view, vision, etc).
=> view, vision

survey (v.)

c. 1400, "to consider, contemplate," from Anglo-French surveier, Old French sorveoir "look (down) at, look upon, notice; guard, watch," from Medieval Latin supervidere "oversee" (see supervise). Meaning "examine the condition of" is from mid-15c. That of "to take linear measurements of a tract of ground" is recorded from 1540s. Related: Surveyed; surveying; surveyance (late 14c.).

survey (n.)

late 15c., survei, "oversight, supervision," from survey (v.). The meaning "act of viewing in detail" is from 1540s. Meaning "systematic collection of data on opinions, etc." is attested from 1927.

1. Its own estimate of three hundred tallies with that of another survey.

其估计数目300与另一项调查的结果相吻合。

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2. Scarborough Council commissioned geological experts earlier this year to survey the cliffs.

斯卡伯勒市政会在今年早些时候委托地质专家对这些悬崖进行勘测。

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3. Our survey revealed that these allergies were mainly one-offs.

我们的调查显示这些过敏多为一次性反应。

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4. A survey of 57 hospitals by Newchurch, a consultancy, reveals striking improvements.

一家名为纽彻奇的咨询公司对57家医院所作的调查显示改善十分明显。

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5. Peter Ward is a seismologist with the US Geological Survey.

彼得·沃德是美国地质调查局的一名地震学家。

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