census
英 ['sens?s]
美['s?ns?s]
- vt. 實(shí)施統(tǒng)計調(diào)查
- n. 人口普查，人口調(diào)查
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?censuses;
助記提示
1. censor => census.
2. cens- + us 對我們大家都進(jìn)行審查就是人口普查。
2. cens- + us 對我們大家都進(jìn)行審查就是人口普查。
中文詞源
census 民意調(diào)查
來自PIE*kens, 莊嚴(yán)的宣布，通知，評估，檢查。最早來自古羅馬氏族社會時期依據(jù)個人的財產(chǎn)，地位，收入等進(jìn)行公民社會等級劃分，第一任審查官為公元前6世紀(jì)古羅馬帶有傳奇色彩的偉大首領(lǐng)Servius Tullius。更多參照class詞源。
英文詞源
- census
- census: see excise
- census (n.)
- 1610s, from Latin census "the enrollment of the names and property assessments of all Roman citizens," originally past participle of censere "to assess" (see censor (n.)). The modern census begins in the U.S., 1790., and Revolutionary France. Property for taxation was the primary purpose in Rome, hence Latin census also was used for "one's wealth, one's worth, wealthiness."
雙語例句
- 1. Of these, 40% told census-takers they were Muslims.
- 這些人當(dāng)中，有40%的人告訴人口普查員說自己是穆斯林。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. A census of population is taken every ten years.
- 人口普查每10年進(jìn)行一次.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. A new pet census showed that cats now outnumber dogs by a whisker (7 million to 6.9 million).
- 新的寵物普查顯示出貓的數(shù)量略微超過了狗的數(shù)量（700萬比690萬）。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. One authority made a census of the spiders in a grass field in the south of England, and he estimated that there were more than 2,250,000 in one acre.
- 一位權(quán)威對英國南方一塊草坪上的蜘蛛作過統(tǒng)計, 他估計每英畝有2,250,000多只蜘蛛.
來自《用法詞典》
- 5. The census is taken one time every four years in our country.
- 我國每四年一次人口普查。
來自辭典例句