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n.  测验; 考查; (医疗上的)检查，化验，检验; 试验; 测试
v.  测验; 考查; 试验; 检查; 化验; 检验; 测试
test的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 检验;试验;测试
  When youtestsomething, you try it, for example by touching it or using it for a short time, in order to find out what it is, what condition it is in, or how well it works.
  1. Either measure the temperature with a bath thermometer or test the water with your wrist...
     要么用浴用温度计测量水温，要么用手腕试一下。
  2. Here the army has its ranges where Rapier missiles and other weaponry are tested...
     军方在这儿有发射场，“长剑”导弹等武器都在这里进行试验。
  3. The drug must first be tested in clinical trials to see if it works on other cancers.
     这种药物必须首先经过临床测试，看它是否适用于其他癌症。
• N-COUNT 试验;测试;检验
  Atestis a deliberate action or experiment to find out how well something works.
  1. ...the banning of nuclear tests.
     禁止核试验
• VERB 对…进行测试;考核;考查
  If youtestsomeone, you ask them questions or tell them to perform certain actions in order to find out how much they know about a subject or how well they are able to do something.
  1. There was a time when each teacher spent an hour, one day a week, testing pupils in every subject...
     曾经，每个老师每周都有一天花上一小时对学生的每门功课进行测试。
  2. She decided to test herself with a training run in London.
     她决定在伦敦对自己进行跑步训练的测试。
• N-COUNT 测试(题);考试(题);考卷
  Atestis a series of questions that you must answer or actions that you must perform in order to show how much you know about a subject or how well you are able to do something.
  1. Out of a total of 2,602 pupils only 922 passed the test...
     所有 2,602 名学生中，只有 922 名通过了测试。
  2. She had sold her bike, taken a driving test and bought a car.
     她卖了自行车，考了驾照，并买了辆汽车。
• VERB 考验;试探
  If youtestsomeone, you deliberately make things difficult for them in order to see how they react.
  1. She may be testing her mother to see how much she can take before she throws her out.
     她可能在试探她妈妈，看她能忍耐到什么程度才会把她撵出家门。
• N-COUNT 考验;检验
  If an event or situation is atest ofa person or thing, it reveals their qualities or effectiveness.
  1. It is a commonplace fact that holidays are a major test of any relationship...
     度假对任何恋爱关系都是重大考验，这是常识。
  2. The test of any civilised society is how it treats its minorities.
     检验一个社会是否文明的办法就是看它怎样对待其少数群体。
• VERB 对…进行体检;化验;检查
  If youare tested fora particular disease or medical condition, you are examined or go through various procedures in order to find out whether you have that disease or condition.
  1. My doctor wants me to be tested for diabetes...
     我的医生要我去做个检查，看是否患有糖尿病。
  2. Girls in an affected family can also be tested to see if they carry the defective gene.
     染病家庭的女孩们也可以检查一下，看看是否携带这种缺陷基因。
• N-COUNT 体检;(健康)检查
  A medicaltestis an examination of a part of your body in order to check that you are healthy or to find out what is wrong with you.
  1. If necessary X-rays and blood tests will also be used to aid diagnosis...
     如有必要，还要进行 X 光检查和验血以帮助诊断。
  2. The family doctor ordered numerous, expensive medical tests, which revealed no physical problem.
     家庭医生安排了名目繁多、收费昂贵的检查，结果没有查出任何健康问题。
• (常指板球、橄榄球的)国际锦标赛
  Atestis a sports match between two international teams, usually in cricket, rugby union, or rugby league.
• See also:testingacid testbreath testmeans testlitmus testtest match
• PHRASE 使经受检验;对…进行试验
  If youputsomethingto the test, you find out how useful or effective it is by using it.
  1. The Liverpool team are now putting their theory to the test...
     利物浦队此时正在验证他们的理论。
  2. Arriving at the railway station, I put local knowledge to the test and ask a taxi driver.
     到了火车站，为了检验自己对当地的了解程度，我请教了一个出租车司机。
• PHRASE 测试…的强度(或稳定性)
  If new circumstances or eventsputsomethingto the test, they put a strain on it and indicate how strong or stable it really is.
  1. Sooner or later, life will put the relationship to the test.
     总有一天，生活会考验这种关系是否牢固。
• PHRASE 经得住时间的考验
  If you say that somethingwill stand the test of time, you mean that it is strong or effective enough to last for a very long time.
  1. It says a lot for her culinary skills that so many of her recipes have stood the test of time.
     她的许多食谱经受住了时间的考验，这充分证明了她的厨艺。
• totest the waters→ see:water

双语例句

• The weapons are undergoing ballistics tests to see whether they were used in the shootings.
  这些武器正在接受弹道测试，以确定它们是否曾用于枪击案中。
• The assessment for the course involves written assignments and practical tests.
  这门功课的考核包括书面作业和实际操作考试。
• A new machine may save thousands of animals from the agony of drug tests
  一种新型机器也许可以将成千上万的动物从药物试验的痛苦中解脱出来。
• She objects to the tests the Government's advisers have devised because they constrict her teaching style
  她反对政府顾问设计的考试，因为这些考试限制了她的教学风格。
• He underwent an agonising 48-hour wait for the results of tests.
  他苦苦等待了48个小时，化验结果才出来。
• Schools in 20 inner-city areas produced the worst results in last year's tests.
  位于20个市中心贫民区的学校在去年的测试中成绩最差。
• Ballistic tests have matched the weapons with bullets taken from the bodies of victims.
  弹道测试表明，武器和受害者体内取出的子弹相吻合。
• We give a battery of tests to each patient.
  我们给每个病人都做了一系列的检查。
• The tests and teacher assessments have equal weighting.
  考试成绩和老师的评定各占一半权重。
• The selection process is based on rigorous tests of competence and experience.
  选拔过程是基于对能力和经验的严格测试。