Definition of survey in English:

survey

verb səˈveɪsərˈveɪ

[with object]

1Look closely at or examine (someone or something)
her green eyes surveyed him coolly
她一双绿色的眼睛冷静地打量着他。
I surveyed the options
我仔细审视了各个选项。
Example sentencesExamples
- My heart was in my throat as I surveyed what he held in his hand.
- Nathan stood at the entrance to the room, calmly surveying the scene in front of him.
- With this in mind, I surveyed the people around me and considered if it was truly possible that fifty strangers could share each other's company for just a few days and have such an impact on each other's lives.
- I push open the green doors and survey the social dynamic like I did on the bus the first day of school.
- She leapt to her feet once again and quickly surveyed the scene before her.
- She surveyed me closely through her fine spectacles.
- To his right stood Xiao, also surveying her surroundings with interest.
- His eyes were worried as he helped her stand up, surveying her closely for injury.
- I looked him over once more and surveyed his eyes very closely.
- The wrinkles deepened in his creased face as he surveyed it closely.
- Several miles away, in a small cottage, a woman surveyed the devastation surrounding her.
- His eyes moved around him to survey what he had missed in the darkness.
- I climbed the sand dunes and surveyed the surroundings: green hills behind me, the ocean in front of me, clear blue skies all round.
- Needing a bigger site but intent on staying in the neighbourhood, the Boykiws surveyed the options.
- She wore a long, undecorated white robe and had bright green eyes that surveyed the entire crowd.
- Something in the two larger puppies caught his eye and he picked one of them up, surveying it closely.
- My eyes surveyed the crowd, finally settling on Armando.
- His vision was partially returned, and he quickly surveyed the surroundings.
- She looked around, carefully surveying the surroundings.
- I brushed a strand of ginger hair off my forehead and surveyed my reflection more closely.
Synonyms
look at, look over, take a look at, observe, view, contemplate, regard, see, gaze at, stare at, eye, get a bird's-eye view of
scrutinize, examine, inspect, scan, study, consider, review, vet, weigh up, take stock of
informal size up
literary behold
2Examine and record the area and features of (an area of land) so as to construct a map, plan, or description.
测量；勘测；测绘
he surveyed the coasts of New Zealand
他对新西兰海岸进行了测绘。
Example sentencesExamples
- The first settlers arrived in the district around 1880 after the land had been surveyed by W.H.Skinner.
- Kenya law requires that all land parcels should be surveyed and registered.
- She and two scientist friends then took her lists and travelled down the coast surveying the inter-tidal zones and counting all the numbers of these kinds of creatures.
- The one female was not observed until she began behaving in a territorial manner again, even though the surrounding area had been intensively surveyed twice.
- However, a small population of approximately 40 individuals exists upstream of the area that is regularly surveyed.
- Bad weather prevented these plans and he surveyed the Cocos-Keeling Islands instead.
- Over the years since then, we have spent billions mapping, measuring and surveying Antarctica from land, sea and space.
- More than 750 miles of the southern part of the West Coast route has to be surveyed to record design positions.
- This area of London was surveyed again in 1991 as part of the UK census of population.
- The secondary observer records the species detected by the primary observer but also surveys the area.
- The survey consisted of a two-page, front to back, fifteen item questionnaire.
- This area was last surveyed in 1949, before most of the modern sonar technology was available.
- Another protected area that should be surveyed for islerorum is the Reserva Ecologica Serra das Araras in western Mato Grosso, Brazil.
- Even with this global effort, only 40 percent of the world's oceans have been surveyed to hydrographic standards.
- This year, the team surveyed a larger area with tunicate coverage.
- He had surveyed all the surrounding area, using council plans and photos taken by Staten.
- Some adjacent areas were also surveyed, although less intensively.
- This equates to surveying an area the size of Plymouth while being able to pick out isolated features the size of a dustbin.
- That is less than half of the sheep estimated to have been there when the area was last surveyed in 1973 by Canadian biologist Ronald Petocz.
- Buford surveyed the area for its geographical importance for the coming battle.
- In Taiwan, there are four areas which will be surveyed and examined this year by the WHO.
1. 2.1British Examine and report on the condition of (a building), especially for a prospective buyer.
  〈英〉（尤指为可能的买家）查勘，检视（建筑物的状况）
  the cottage didn't look unsafe, but he had it surveyed
  这间小屋看上去挺安全，但他还是请人做了勘查。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The Elizabethan-style building has been surveyed by a historic buildings expert, and a schedule of work has been drawn up to restore it to its former glory.
  The Bench was told that all the 87 buildings surveyed had shown violations and that the BMP had decided to take up a survey of the entire locality.
  Mr Fagan is advising owners and occupiers of similar properties that their buildings should be regularly surveyed and repaired.
  The landmark JK O'Connor building, one of the oldest in Castleisland, was surveyed by engineers and cordoned off yesterday.
  We aim to make sure that the cottage is in tip-top condition for any prospective purchasers having it surveyed.
  Rohcon surveyed the building a fortnight ago and rejected all claims of leaks and structural defects.
  Synonyms
  make a survey of, value, carry out a valuation of, estimate the value of
  appraise, assess, prospect
  triangulate
3Investigate the opinions or experience of (a group of people) by asking them questions.
调查
95 per cent of patients surveyed were satisfied with the health service
被调查的病人对公共医疗卫生服务感到满意。
Example sentencesExamples
- In this study, we surveyed the clinicians who are the recipients of these interpretations.
- One student of the 556 surveyed got all 34 questions right.
- In fact, 64 percent of the patients surveyed were initially diagnosed by their primary-care doctor.
- All of the patients surveyed said they were happy with the availability of appointments.
- Students in a large, urban northwest school district were recruited and then surveyed annually for seven years.
- The biggest question those surveyed said required an answer was: ‘Why is there so much suffering in the world?’
- More than one-third of the companies surveyed failed to hold regular board meetings.
- In 2003, researchers surveyed approximately 13,000 high school students about the disease.
- Sixty-two percent of all surveyed said they experienced at least four traumatic events in the past 10 years.
- The IAS study showed that 56 percent of the organizations surveyed experienced failed international assignments.
- Both groups were surveyed at baseline (prior to starting their S-L experience) and at the completion of their experience.
- The 66 physicians who were surveyed had referred patients to the study.
- One study surveyed 32 patients dying of cancer and stroke.
- The researchers surveyed more than 6,000 American soldiers in the months before and after combat in the two countries.
- They found that 25% of plastic surgery patients surveyed said their partners had also had plastic surgery.
- Each clinic surveyed 20 patients who were selected randomly.
- Surprisingly, while students get less time with their teachers, the survey suggests that they're more satisfied than students surveyed 10 years earlier.
- They surveyed 49 patients who consumed a therapeutic diet and who received diet counselling during their hospital stay.
- The lists were drawn on the basis of personal experience among 200 people surveyed.
- Voters across the nation were surveyed to determine attitudes on issues up for debate.
1. 3.1 Investigate (behaviour or opinions) by questioning a group of people.
  民意调查
  the investigator surveyed the attitudes and beliefs held by residents
  调查人对居民的观点和信仰进行了调查。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The poll surveyed the opinions of 3,667 people, aged 18 years and older.
  Researchers have for years been surveying the public's attitudes toward advertising and have noticed no significant change in beliefs about advertising.
  A new poll surveying religious opinions across different countries has some interesting results.
  The sample size was limited, the range of treatments surveyed perhaps too wide for the small numbers involved.
  In 2000 it surveyed opinion using the identical question, resulting in support of 56 percent.
  Synonyms
  interview, question, canvass, poll, cross-examine, investigate, research, study, probe, sample

noun ˈsəːveɪˈsərˌveɪ

1A general view, examination, or description of someone or something.
概论；全面的考察；概况
the author provides a survey of the relevant literature
作者对相关文献进行了概述。
Example sentencesExamples
- In general, the genre-by-genre surveys are extremely informative.
- First, however, I shall present a general survey of the evidence.
- The best a book like this can do is to bring readers a general survey of hoaxes, their nature and perpetrators, and offer some tips on how to avoid being hoaxed.
- The former is a comprehensive view or survey and the latter refers to places where two forms of a language are spoken.
- Its title and introduction lead readers to expect a general survey of global environmental history.
- This volume not only provides a comprehensive survey of recent work on existential meaning but is likely to have a broader appeal as well.
- There are good case studies and general surveys of terrorists and terrorist organizations, but few that try to determine whether more democracy leads to less terrorism.
- This volume provides an introductory survey of the last generation of scholarship on the corpus of eddic mythological poetry.
Synonyms
study, consideration, review, overview
scrutiny, scrutinization, examination, inspection, exploration, appraisal, synopsis, outline, overall picture
1. 1.1 An investigation of the opinions or experience of a group of people, based on a series of questions.
  调查
  a survey conducted by Gardening Which?
  Example sentencesExamples
  Stations were also encouraged to install secure fencing, better lighting and clearer signs, and to conduct opinion surveys among passengers.
  An informal survey reveals the youth at various stages of their academic and work careers.
  The results of a recent survey indicate that few general dentists see children who are younger than three years.
  In a new nationwide survey commissioned by Columbia Law School, most Americans said no.
  No steps were initiated to conduct surveys, investigations and research to identify the cause for occurrence of various types of disabilities with a view to their prevention and early detection.
  A survey conducted last year identified a huge need for local housing.
  The outcome is a slap in the face for thousands of people who took part in a household survey asking for their views only to find them summarily disregarded.
  More than 400 members participated in a member satisfaction survey in late May of 2001.
  In a national telephone survey of 1,000 US adults, 105 participants reported that they suffer from severe headaches.
  Government figures on poverty are based on sample surveys conducted at discrete points of time.
  The two groups commissioned a survey which found that 63 percent of respondents in Barcelona wanted an end to bullfighting.
  This is based on a survey conducted in Sweden, which is the only EU country where smokeless tobacco is allowed.
  However, she also conducted a number of questionnaire surveys of members.
  The site will carry out online price surveys and will also lead campaigns for lower prices.
  Opinion surveys naturally produce optimistic estimates, as do extrapolations of recent market returns.
  The second part of the survey examines views on the police, the judicial process and politics.
  At the baseline survey participants completed a detailed health and lifestyle questionnaire and participated in a health examination.
  These findings emerge from a national survey of public opinion conducted by the HSRC during September 2000.
  A recent nationwide FSA survey showed one in five people used takeaways two or three times a week.
  A nationwide survey has found that parents want their children taught at home instead of at school.
  Synonyms
  poll, review, investigation, enquiry, study, probe, questionnaire, opinion poll, sampling, census, cross-examination, quiz, research
2British An act of surveying a building.
〈英〉（对建筑物的）查勘
the building society will insist that you have a survey done
建屋互助会将坚持要求你找人做一次查勘。
Example sentencesExamples
- The full survey is a four-week process which will see every inch of the baths covered and every architectural detail recorded.
- Abbey officials asked for a full survey of the building two years ahead of schedule because of recent storm damage.
- No property may be classified as unfit unless it has been the subject of a full structural survey.
- The survey's findings were far from encouraging, and indicated major structural problems.
- The survey was confined to the plant room of the building below ground level, which is effectively separated from the water-filled competition pool by a wall.
- Before we agreed to buy the house we commissioned a full independent structural survey, which indicated everything was fine.
- She will report that a survey of the building at Thornton has been completed but families in the immediate vicinity are opposed to the development and discussions will be held with them.
- They hope a recent survey by architects will identify a use for the building.
- A surveyor, when making a building survey for a prospective purchaser, needs to advise the client of the presence and/or risk of fungal decay in the building.
Synonyms
valuation, appraisal, assessment, estimate, estimation, pricing
1. 2.1 A written report detailing the findings of a building survey.
  查勘报告
  the third type of report is a full structural survey
  Example sentencesExamples
  A recent survey of both buildings revealed than an estimated £607,127 of repair and maintenance works were outstanding.
  A structural survey on the building described the windmill as ‘dangerous in parts’ and immediate work was needed.
  The survey concluded that the electrics were antiquated and that any interior work would be pointless without the large scale repair of the roof.
  If the survey reports any problems you will need to estimate how much it will cost to put it right and adjust your offer accordingly.
3An act of surveying an area of land.
〈英〉（对建筑物的）查勘
the flight involved a detailed aerial survey of military bases
这次飞行包括对军事基地进行一次详细的空中测量。
Example sentencesExamples
- Aerial surveys show that Louisiana's barrier islands have sustained especially heavy losses from Katrina's scouring winds and waves.
- Aerial surveys have shown over 2,000 jellies squeezed together into an area the size of a football field.
- M. Turman was indispensable as the pilot for the aerial surveys.
- After extensive aerial surveys, scientists in a joint survey of the GBR this year discovered that coral bleaching has affected more than 60 per cent of the reef system.
- What is more, they counted all of those 100 sheep in an area where the aerial survey had found no sheep at all.
- Potentially suitable patches were determined from aerial surveys and ground checks.
- The two essential methods of prairie dog tabulation are aerial surveys and old-fashioned head counts.
- Aerial surveys revealed that a small Rhine tributary had once carved an island here, and the silted channel was promptly dredged.
- Along the way, instruments could make a detailed survey of the land or sea below.
- Since the aerial surveys occurred in different areas and at different times of the year, it was impossible to compare their results directly.
- Not only was Hutton teaching and writing textbooks, but he also undertook a land survey of the area around Newcastle for the mayor and corporation of the city.
- He said extensive surveys had found no signs of the newt.
- That isolation along with a lack of funding for extensive aerial and ground surveys translate to light monitoring - nothing near the scale and intensity aimed at ducks.
- Approximately 85% of the study area burned, as estimated by ground surveys and aerial photography.
- The officer said they have conducted an aerial survey which showed extensive damage in different villages due to the rain.
- Most information on their abundance and distribution is based on the larger islands, and the smaller islands are not always even included in aerial surveys.
- Aerial surveys are also followed by spotter and safety craft to curtail operations should marine life or nontarget hazards enter the ranges during the exercises.
- Aerial surveys found that nearly 60 percent of the reef area in the marine park was heat-stressed to some extent as indicated by bleaching.
- A geophysical survey revealed little, and we opened only three of four proposed trenches.
- In more than 28 years of flying aerial wildlife surveys, I've had the opportunity to work on many unique projects.
1. 3.1 A map, plan, or detailed description obtained by surveying an area.
  测绘图；测绘计划；勘测记录
  Example sentencesExamples
  Other surveys were recently on view at the Fine Art Society in London and the National Museum, Cardiff, Wales.
2. 3.2 A department carrying out the surveying of land.
  测量部门
  the British Geological Survey
  英国地质测量局。

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'examine and ascertain the condition of'): from Anglo-Norman French surveier, from medieval Latin supervidere, from super- 'over' + videre 'to see'. The early sense of the noun (late 15th century) was 'supervision'.

Rhymes

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Definition of survey in US English:

survey

verbsərˈveɪsərˈvā

[with object]

1(of a person or their eyes) look carefully and thoroughly at (someone or something), especially so as to appraise them.
审视
her green eyes surveyed him coolly
她一双绿色的眼睛冷静地打量着他。
I surveyed the options
我仔细审视了各个选项。
Example sentencesExamples
- With this in mind, I surveyed the people around me and considered if it was truly possible that fifty strangers could share each other's company for just a few days and have such an impact on each other's lives.
- She surveyed me closely through her fine spectacles.
- She looked around, carefully surveying the surroundings.
- She leapt to her feet once again and quickly surveyed the scene before her.
- I looked him over once more and surveyed his eyes very closely.
- To his right stood Xiao, also surveying her surroundings with interest.
- Several miles away, in a small cottage, a woman surveyed the devastation surrounding her.
- My heart was in my throat as I surveyed what he held in his hand.
- His vision was partially returned, and he quickly surveyed the surroundings.
- She wore a long, undecorated white robe and had bright green eyes that surveyed the entire crowd.
- Nathan stood at the entrance to the room, calmly surveying the scene in front of him.
- The wrinkles deepened in his creased face as he surveyed it closely.
- I brushed a strand of ginger hair off my forehead and surveyed my reflection more closely.
- His eyes moved around him to survey what he had missed in the darkness.
- My eyes surveyed the crowd, finally settling on Armando.
- I climbed the sand dunes and surveyed the surroundings: green hills behind me, the ocean in front of me, clear blue skies all round.
- Needing a bigger site but intent on staying in the neighbourhood, the Boykiws surveyed the options.
- Something in the two larger puppies caught his eye and he picked one of them up, surveying it closely.
- I push open the green doors and survey the social dynamic like I did on the bus the first day of school.
- His eyes were worried as he helped her stand up, surveying her closely for injury.
Synonyms
look at, look over, take a look at, observe, view, contemplate, regard, see, gaze at, stare at, eye, get a bird's-eye view of
2Examine and record the area and features of (an area of land) so as to construct a map, plan, or description.
测量；勘测；测绘
he surveyed the coasts of New Zealand
他对新西兰海岸进行了测绘。
Example sentencesExamples
- The one female was not observed until she began behaving in a territorial manner again, even though the surrounding area had been intensively surveyed twice.
- Some adjacent areas were also surveyed, although less intensively.
- Another protected area that should be surveyed for islerorum is the Reserva Ecologica Serra das Araras in western Mato Grosso, Brazil.
- The survey consisted of a two-page, front to back, fifteen item questionnaire.
- In Taiwan, there are four areas which will be surveyed and examined this year by the WHO.
- Over the years since then, we have spent billions mapping, measuring and surveying Antarctica from land, sea and space.
- Even with this global effort, only 40 percent of the world's oceans have been surveyed to hydrographic standards.
- Bad weather prevented these plans and he surveyed the Cocos-Keeling Islands instead.
- This area was last surveyed in 1949, before most of the modern sonar technology was available.
- More than 750 miles of the southern part of the West Coast route has to be surveyed to record design positions.
- Kenya law requires that all land parcels should be surveyed and registered.
- However, a small population of approximately 40 individuals exists upstream of the area that is regularly surveyed.
- This year, the team surveyed a larger area with tunicate coverage.
- The first settlers arrived in the district around 1880 after the land had been surveyed by W.H.Skinner.
- The secondary observer records the species detected by the primary observer but also surveys the area.
- He had surveyed all the surrounding area, using council plans and photos taken by Staten.
- Buford surveyed the area for its geographical importance for the coming battle.
- This area of London was surveyed again in 1991 as part of the UK census of population.
- That is less than half of the sheep estimated to have been there when the area was last surveyed in 1973 by Canadian biologist Ronald Petocz.
- This equates to surveying an area the size of Plymouth while being able to pick out isolated features the size of a dustbin.
- She and two scientist friends then took her lists and travelled down the coast surveying the inter-tidal zones and counting all the numbers of these kinds of creatures.
3Investigate the opinions or experience of (a group of people) by asking them questions.
调查
95% of patients surveyed were satisfied with the health service
被调查的病人对公共医疗卫生服务感到满意。
Example sentencesExamples
- The 66 physicians who were surveyed had referred patients to the study.
- The IAS study showed that 56 percent of the organizations surveyed experienced failed international assignments.
- In this study, we surveyed the clinicians who are the recipients of these interpretations.
- Students in a large, urban northwest school district were recruited and then surveyed annually for seven years.
- Sixty-two percent of all surveyed said they experienced at least four traumatic events in the past 10 years.
- Each clinic surveyed 20 patients who were selected randomly.
- Surprisingly, while students get less time with their teachers, the survey suggests that they're more satisfied than students surveyed 10 years earlier.
- One student of the 556 surveyed got all 34 questions right.
- Both groups were surveyed at baseline (prior to starting their S-L experience) and at the completion of their experience.
- In 2003, researchers surveyed approximately 13,000 high school students about the disease.
- All of the patients surveyed said they were happy with the availability of appointments.
- One study surveyed 32 patients dying of cancer and stroke.
- The researchers surveyed more than 6,000 American soldiers in the months before and after combat in the two countries.
- More than one-third of the companies surveyed failed to hold regular board meetings.
- In fact, 64 percent of the patients surveyed were initially diagnosed by their primary-care doctor.
- They surveyed 49 patients who consumed a therapeutic diet and who received diet counselling during their hospital stay.
- The lists were drawn on the basis of personal experience among 200 people surveyed.
- The biggest question those surveyed said required an answer was: ‘Why is there so much suffering in the world?’
- They found that 25% of plastic surgery patients surveyed said their partners had also had plastic surgery.
- Voters across the nation were surveyed to determine attitudes on issues up for debate.
1. 3.1 Investigate (behavior or opinions) by questioning a group of people.
  民意调查
  the investigator surveyed the attitudes and beliefs held by residents
  调查人对居民的观点和信仰进行了调查。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The sample size was limited, the range of treatments surveyed perhaps too wide for the small numbers involved.
  A new poll surveying religious opinions across different countries has some interesting results.
  The poll surveyed the opinions of 3,667 people, aged 18 years and older.
  Researchers have for years been surveying the public's attitudes toward advertising and have noticed no significant change in beliefs about advertising.
  In 2000 it surveyed opinion using the identical question, resulting in support of 56 percent.
  Synonyms
  interview, question, canvass, poll, cross-examine, investigate, research, study, probe, sample

nounˈsərˌveɪˈsərˌvā

1A general view, examination, or description of someone or something.
概论；全面的考察；概况
the author provides a survey of the relevant literature
作者对相关文献进行了概述。
Example sentencesExamples
- Its title and introduction lead readers to expect a general survey of global environmental history.
- The former is a comprehensive view or survey and the latter refers to places where two forms of a language are spoken.
- First, however, I shall present a general survey of the evidence.
- The best a book like this can do is to bring readers a general survey of hoaxes, their nature and perpetrators, and offer some tips on how to avoid being hoaxed.
- In general, the genre-by-genre surveys are extremely informative.
- There are good case studies and general surveys of terrorists and terrorist organizations, but few that try to determine whether more democracy leads to less terrorism.
- This volume not only provides a comprehensive survey of recent work on existential meaning but is likely to have a broader appeal as well.
- This volume provides an introductory survey of the last generation of scholarship on the corpus of eddic mythological poetry.
Synonyms
study, consideration, review, overview
1. 1.1 An investigation of the opinions or experience of a group of people, based on a series of questions.
  调查
  Example sentencesExamples
  An informal survey reveals the youth at various stages of their academic and work careers.
  At the baseline survey participants completed a detailed health and lifestyle questionnaire and participated in a health examination.
  In a national telephone survey of 1,000 US adults, 105 participants reported that they suffer from severe headaches.
  However, she also conducted a number of questionnaire surveys of members.
  The second part of the survey examines views on the police, the judicial process and politics.
  Opinion surveys naturally produce optimistic estimates, as do extrapolations of recent market returns.
  Stations were also encouraged to install secure fencing, better lighting and clearer signs, and to conduct opinion surveys among passengers.
  This is based on a survey conducted in Sweden, which is the only EU country where smokeless tobacco is allowed.
  No steps were initiated to conduct surveys, investigations and research to identify the cause for occurrence of various types of disabilities with a view to their prevention and early detection.
  Government figures on poverty are based on sample surveys conducted at discrete points of time.
  A nationwide survey has found that parents want their children taught at home instead of at school.
  The outcome is a slap in the face for thousands of people who took part in a household survey asking for their views only to find them summarily disregarded.
  The results of a recent survey indicate that few general dentists see children who are younger than three years.
  A survey conducted last year identified a huge need for local housing.
  A recent nationwide FSA survey showed one in five people used takeaways two or three times a week.
  In a new nationwide survey commissioned by Columbia Law School, most Americans said no.
  The site will carry out online price surveys and will also lead campaigns for lower prices.
  More than 400 members participated in a member satisfaction survey in late May of 2001.
  The two groups commissioned a survey which found that 63 percent of respondents in Barcelona wanted an end to bullfighting.
  These findings emerge from a national survey of public opinion conducted by the HSRC during September 2000.
  Synonyms
  poll, review, investigation, enquiry, study, probe, questionnaire, opinion poll, sampling, census, cross-examination, quiz, research
2An act of surveying an area of land.
〈英〉（对建筑物的）查勘
the flight involved a detailed aerial survey of military bases
这次飞行包括对军事基地进行一次详细的空中测量。
Example sentencesExamples
- The officer said they have conducted an aerial survey which showed extensive damage in different villages due to the rain.
- The two essential methods of prairie dog tabulation are aerial surveys and old-fashioned head counts.
- Potentially suitable patches were determined from aerial surveys and ground checks.
- Aerial surveys found that nearly 60 percent of the reef area in the marine park was heat-stressed to some extent as indicated by bleaching.
- After extensive aerial surveys, scientists in a joint survey of the GBR this year discovered that coral bleaching has affected more than 60 per cent of the reef system.
- Aerial surveys are also followed by spotter and safety craft to curtail operations should marine life or nontarget hazards enter the ranges during the exercises.
- He said extensive surveys had found no signs of the newt.
- A geophysical survey revealed little, and we opened only three of four proposed trenches.
- Aerial surveys revealed that a small Rhine tributary had once carved an island here, and the silted channel was promptly dredged.
- In more than 28 years of flying aerial wildlife surveys, I've had the opportunity to work on many unique projects.
- Along the way, instruments could make a detailed survey of the land or sea below.
- Not only was Hutton teaching and writing textbooks, but he also undertook a land survey of the area around Newcastle for the mayor and corporation of the city.
- Since the aerial surveys occurred in different areas and at different times of the year, it was impossible to compare their results directly.
- M. Turman was indispensable as the pilot for the aerial surveys.
- That isolation along with a lack of funding for extensive aerial and ground surveys translate to light monitoring - nothing near the scale and intensity aimed at ducks.
- Aerial surveys have shown over 2,000 jellies squeezed together into an area the size of a football field.
- What is more, they counted all of those 100 sheep in an area where the aerial survey had found no sheep at all.
- Aerial surveys show that Louisiana's barrier islands have sustained especially heavy losses from Katrina's scouring winds and waves.
- Approximately 85% of the study area burned, as estimated by ground surveys and aerial photography.
- Most information on their abundance and distribution is based on the larger islands, and the smaller islands are not always even included in aerial surveys.
1. 2.1 A map, plan, or detailed description obtained by a survey.
  测绘图；测绘计划；勘测记录
  Example sentencesExamples
  Other surveys were recently on view at the Fine Art Society in London and the National Museum, Cardiff, Wales.
2. 2.2 A department carrying out the surveying of land.
  测量部门
  the U.S. Geological Survey
  英国地质测量局。

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘examine and ascertain the condition of’): from Anglo-Norman French surveier, from medieval Latin supervidere, from super- ‘over’ + videre ‘to see’. The early sense of the noun (late 15th century) was ‘supervision’.

单词	survey
释义	Definition of survey in English: survey verb səˈveɪsərˈveɪ [with object] 1Look closely at or examine (someone or something) her green eyes surveyed him coolly 她一双绿色的眼睛冷静地打量着他。 I surveyed the options 我仔细审视了各个选项。 Example sentencesExamples My heart was in my throat as I surveyed what he held in his hand. Nathan stood at the entrance to the room, calmly surveying the scene in front of him. With this in mind, I surveyed the people around me and considered if it was truly possible that fifty strangers could share each other's company for just a few days and have such an impact on each other's lives. I push open the green doors and survey the social dynamic like I did on the bus the first day of school. She leapt to her feet once again and quickly surveyed the scene before her. She surveyed me closely through her fine spectacles. To his right stood Xiao, also surveying her surroundings with interest. His eyes were worried as he helped her stand up, surveying her closely for injury. I looked him over once more and surveyed his eyes very closely. The wrinkles deepened in his creased face as he surveyed it closely. Several miles away, in a small cottage, a woman surveyed the devastation surrounding her. His eyes moved around him to survey what he had missed in the darkness. I climbed the sand dunes and surveyed the surroundings: green hills behind me, the ocean in front of me, clear blue skies all round. Needing a bigger site but intent on staying in the neighbourhood, the Boykiws surveyed the options. She wore a long, undecorated white robe and had bright green eyes that surveyed the entire crowd. Something in the two larger puppies caught his eye and he picked one of them up, surveying it closely. My eyes surveyed the crowd, finally settling on Armando. His vision was partially returned, and he quickly surveyed the surroundings. She looked around, carefully surveying the surroundings. I brushed a strand of ginger hair off my forehead and surveyed my reflection more closely. Synonyms look at, look over, take a look at, observe, view, contemplate, regard, see, gaze at, stare at, eye, get a bird's-eye view of scrutinize, examine, inspect, scan, study, consider, review, vet, weigh up, take stock of informal size up literary behold 2Examine and record the area and features of (an area of land) so as to construct a map, plan, or description. 测量；勘测；测绘 he surveyed the coasts of New Zealand 他对新西兰海岸进行了测绘。 Example sentencesExamples The first settlers arrived in the district around 1880 after the land had been surveyed by W.H.Skinner. Kenya law requires that all land parcels should be surveyed and registered. She and two scientist friends then took her lists and travelled down the coast surveying the inter-tidal zones and counting all the numbers of these kinds of creatures. The one female was not observed until she began behaving in a territorial manner again, even though the surrounding area had been intensively surveyed twice. However, a small population of approximately 40 individuals exists upstream of the area that is regularly surveyed. Bad weather prevented these plans and he surveyed the Cocos-Keeling Islands instead. Over the years since then, we have spent billions mapping, measuring and surveying Antarctica from land, sea and space. More than 750 miles of the southern part of the West Coast route has to be surveyed to record design positions. This area of London was surveyed again in 1991 as part of the UK census of population. The secondary observer records the species detected by the primary observer but also surveys the area. The survey consisted of a two-page, front to back, fifteen item questionnaire. This area was last surveyed in 1949, before most of the modern sonar technology was available. Another protected area that should be surveyed for islerorum is the Reserva Ecologica Serra das Araras in western Mato Grosso, Brazil. Even with this global effort, only 40 percent of the world's oceans have been surveyed to hydrographic standards. This year, the team surveyed a larger area with tunicate coverage. He had surveyed all the surrounding area, using council plans and photos taken by Staten. Some adjacent areas were also surveyed, although less intensively. This equates to surveying an area the size of Plymouth while being able to pick out isolated features the size of a dustbin. That is less than half of the sheep estimated to have been there when the area was last surveyed in 1973 by Canadian biologist Ronald Petocz. Buford surveyed the area for its geographical importance for the coming battle. In Taiwan, there are four areas which will be surveyed and examined this year by the WHO. 2.1British Examine and report on the condition of (a building), especially for a prospective buyer. 〈英〉（尤指为可能的买家）查勘，检视（建筑物的状况） the cottage didn't look unsafe, but he had it surveyed 这间小屋看上去挺安全，但他还是请人做了勘查。 Example sentencesExamples The Elizabethan-style building has been surveyed by a historic buildings expert, and a schedule of work has been drawn up to restore it to its former glory. The Bench was told that all the 87 buildings surveyed had shown violations and that the BMP had decided to take up a survey of the entire locality. Mr Fagan is advising owners and occupiers of similar properties that their buildings should be regularly surveyed and repaired. The landmark JK O'Connor building, one of the oldest in Castleisland, was surveyed by engineers and cordoned off yesterday. We aim to make sure that the cottage is in tip-top condition for any prospective purchasers having it surveyed. Rohcon surveyed the building a fortnight ago and rejected all claims of leaks and structural defects. Synonyms make a survey of, value, carry out a valuation of, estimate the value of appraise, assess, prospect triangulate 3Investigate the opinions or experience of (a group of people) by asking them questions. 调查 95 per cent of patients surveyed were satisfied with the health service 被调查的病人对公共医疗卫生服务感到满意。 Example sentencesExamples In this study, we surveyed the clinicians who are the recipients of these interpretations. One student of the 556 surveyed got all 34 questions right. In fact, 64 percent of the patients surveyed were initially diagnosed by their primary-care doctor. All of the patients surveyed said they were happy with the availability of appointments. Students in a large, urban northwest school district were recruited and then surveyed annually for seven years. The biggest question those surveyed said required an answer was: ‘Why is there so much suffering in the world?’ More than one-third of the companies surveyed failed to hold regular board meetings. In 2003, researchers surveyed approximately 13,000 high school students about the disease. Sixty-two percent of all surveyed said they experienced at least four traumatic events in the past 10 years. The IAS study showed that 56 percent of the organizations surveyed experienced failed international assignments. Both groups were surveyed at baseline (prior to starting their S-L experience) and at the completion of their experience. The 66 physicians who were surveyed had referred patients to the study. One study surveyed 32 patients dying of cancer and stroke. The researchers surveyed more than 6,000 American soldiers in the months before and after combat in the two countries. They found that 25% of plastic surgery patients surveyed said their partners had also had plastic surgery. Each clinic surveyed 20 patients who were selected randomly. Surprisingly, while students get less time with their teachers, the survey suggests that they're more satisfied than students surveyed 10 years earlier. They surveyed 49 patients who consumed a therapeutic diet and who received diet counselling during their hospital stay. The lists were drawn on the basis of personal experience among 200 people surveyed. Voters across the nation were surveyed to determine attitudes on issues up for debate. 3.1 Investigate (behaviour or opinions) by questioning a group of people. 民意调查 the investigator surveyed the attitudes and beliefs held by residents 调查人对居民的观点和信仰进行了调查。 Example sentencesExamples The poll surveyed the opinions of 3,667 people, aged 18 years and older. Researchers have for years been surveying the public's attitudes toward advertising and have noticed no significant change in beliefs about advertising. A new poll surveying religious opinions across different countries has some interesting results. The sample size was limited, the range of treatments surveyed perhaps too wide for the small numbers involved. In 2000 it surveyed opinion using the identical question, resulting in support of 56 percent. Synonyms interview, question, canvass, poll, cross-examine, investigate, research, study, probe, sample noun ˈsəːveɪˈsərˌveɪ 1A general view, examination, or description of someone or something. 概论；全面的考察；概况 the author provides a survey of the relevant literature 作者对相关文献进行了概述。 Example sentencesExamples In general, the genre-by-genre surveys are extremely informative. First, however, I shall present a general survey of the evidence. The best a book like this can do is to bring readers a general survey of hoaxes, their nature and perpetrators, and offer some tips on how to avoid being hoaxed. The former is a comprehensive view or survey and the latter refers to places where two forms of a language are spoken. Its title and introduction lead readers to expect a general survey of global environmental history. This volume not only provides a comprehensive survey of recent work on existential meaning but is likely to have a broader appeal as well. There are good case studies and general surveys of terrorists and terrorist organizations, but few that try to determine whether more democracy leads to less terrorism. This volume provides an introductory survey of the last generation of scholarship on the corpus of eddic mythological poetry. Synonyms study, consideration, review, overview scrutiny, scrutinization, examination, inspection, exploration, appraisal, synopsis, outline, overall picture 1.1 An investigation of the opinions or experience of a group of people, based on a series of questions. 调查 a survey conducted by Gardening Which? Example sentencesExamples Stations were also encouraged to install secure fencing, better lighting and clearer signs, and to conduct opinion surveys among passengers. An informal survey reveals the youth at various stages of their academic and work careers. The results of a recent survey indicate that few general dentists see children who are younger than three years. In a new nationwide survey commissioned by Columbia Law School, most Americans said no. No steps were initiated to conduct surveys, investigations and research to identify the cause for occurrence of various types of disabilities with a view to their prevention and early detection. A survey conducted last year identified a huge need for local housing. The outcome is a slap in the face for thousands of people who took part in a household survey asking for their views only to find them summarily disregarded. More than 400 members participated in a member satisfaction survey in late May of 2001. In a national telephone survey of 1,000 US adults, 105 participants reported that they suffer from severe headaches. Government figures on poverty are based on sample surveys conducted at discrete points of time. The two groups commissioned a survey which found that 63 percent of respondents in Barcelona wanted an end to bullfighting. This is based on a survey conducted in Sweden, which is the only EU country where smokeless tobacco is allowed. However, she also conducted a number of questionnaire surveys of members. The site will carry out online price surveys and will also lead campaigns for lower prices. Opinion surveys naturally produce optimistic estimates, as do extrapolations of recent market returns. The second part of the survey examines views on the police, the judicial process and politics. At the baseline survey participants completed a detailed health and lifestyle questionnaire and participated in a health examination. These findings emerge from a national survey of public opinion conducted by the HSRC during September 2000. A recent nationwide FSA survey showed one in five people used takeaways two or three times a week. A nationwide survey has found that parents want their children taught at home instead of at school. Synonyms poll, review, investigation, enquiry, study, probe, questionnaire, opinion poll, sampling, census, cross-examination, quiz, research 2British An act of surveying a building. 〈英〉（对建筑物的）查勘 the building society will insist that you have a survey done 建屋互助会将坚持要求你找人做一次查勘。 Example sentencesExamples The full survey is a four-week process which will see every inch of the baths covered and every architectural detail recorded. Abbey officials asked for a full survey of the building two years ahead of schedule because of recent storm damage. No property may be classified as unfit unless it has been the subject of a full structural survey. The survey's findings were far from encouraging, and indicated major structural problems. The survey was confined to the plant room of the building below ground level, which is effectively separated from the water-filled competition pool by a wall. Before we agreed to buy the house we commissioned a full independent structural survey, which indicated everything was fine. She will report that a survey of the building at Thornton has been completed but families in the immediate vicinity are opposed to the development and discussions will be held with them. They hope a recent survey by architects will identify a use for the building. A surveyor, when making a building survey for a prospective purchaser, needs to advise the client of the presence and/or risk of fungal decay in the building. Synonyms valuation, appraisal, assessment, estimate, estimation, pricing 2.1 A written report detailing the findings of a building survey. 查勘报告 the third type of report is a full structural survey Example sentencesExamples A recent survey of both buildings revealed than an estimated £607,127 of repair and maintenance works were outstanding. A structural survey on the building described the windmill as ‘dangerous in parts’ and immediate work was needed. The survey concluded that the electrics were antiquated and that any interior work would be pointless without the large scale repair of the roof. If the survey reports any problems you will need to estimate how much it will cost to put it right and adjust your offer accordingly. 3An act of surveying an area of land. 〈英〉（对建筑物的）查勘 the flight involved a detailed aerial survey of military bases 这次飞行包括对军事基地进行一次详细的空中测量。 Example sentencesExamples Aerial surveys show that Louisiana's barrier islands have sustained especially heavy losses from Katrina's scouring winds and waves. Aerial surveys have shown over 2,000 jellies squeezed together into an area the size of a football field. M. Turman was indispensable as the pilot for the aerial surveys. After extensive aerial surveys, scientists in a joint survey of the GBR this year discovered that coral bleaching has affected more than 60 per cent of the reef system. What is more, they counted all of those 100 sheep in an area where the aerial survey had found no sheep at all. Potentially suitable patches were determined from aerial surveys and ground checks. The two essential methods of prairie dog tabulation are aerial surveys and old-fashioned head counts. Aerial surveys revealed that a small Rhine tributary had once carved an island here, and the silted channel was promptly dredged. Along the way, instruments could make a detailed survey of the land or sea below. Since the aerial surveys occurred in different areas and at different times of the year, it was impossible to compare their results directly. Not only was Hutton teaching and writing textbooks, but he also undertook a land survey of the area around Newcastle for the mayor and corporation of the city. He said extensive surveys had found no signs of the newt. That isolation along with a lack of funding for extensive aerial and ground surveys translate to light monitoring - nothing near the scale and intensity aimed at ducks. Approximately 85% of the study area burned, as estimated by ground surveys and aerial photography. The officer said they have conducted an aerial survey which showed extensive damage in different villages due to the rain. Most information on their abundance and distribution is based on the larger islands, and the smaller islands are not always even included in aerial surveys. Aerial surveys are also followed by spotter and safety craft to curtail operations should marine life or nontarget hazards enter the ranges during the exercises. Aerial surveys found that nearly 60 percent of the reef area in the marine park was heat-stressed to some extent as indicated by bleaching. A geophysical survey revealed little, and we opened only three of four proposed trenches. In more than 28 years of flying aerial wildlife surveys, I've had the opportunity to work on many unique projects. 3.1 A map, plan, or detailed description obtained by surveying an area. 测绘图；测绘计划；勘测记录 Example sentencesExamples Other surveys were recently on view at the Fine Art Society in London and the National Museum, Cardiff, Wales. 3.2 A department carrying out the surveying of land. 测量部门 the British Geological Survey 英国地质测量局。 Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'examine and ascertain the condition of'): from Anglo-Norman French surveier, from medieval Latin supervidere, from super- 'over' + videre 'to see'. The early sense of the noun (late 15th century) was 'supervision'. Rhymes affray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea Definition of survey in US English: survey verbsərˈveɪsərˈvā [with object] 1(of a person or their eyes) look carefully and thoroughly at (someone or something), especially so as to appraise them. 审视 her green eyes surveyed him coolly 她一双绿色的眼睛冷静地打量着他。 I surveyed the options 我仔细审视了各个选项。 Example sentencesExamples With this in mind, I surveyed the people around me and considered if it was truly possible that fifty strangers could share each other's company for just a few days and have such an impact on each other's lives. She surveyed me closely through her fine spectacles. She looked around, carefully surveying the surroundings. She leapt to her feet once again and quickly surveyed the scene before her. I looked him over once more and surveyed his eyes very closely. To his right stood Xiao, also surveying her surroundings with interest. Several miles away, in a small cottage, a woman surveyed the devastation surrounding her. My heart was in my throat as I surveyed what he held in his hand. His vision was partially returned, and he quickly surveyed the surroundings. She wore a long, undecorated white robe and had bright green eyes that surveyed the entire crowd. Nathan stood at the entrance to the room, calmly surveying the scene in front of him. The wrinkles deepened in his creased face as he surveyed it closely. I brushed a strand of ginger hair off my forehead and surveyed my reflection more closely. His eyes moved around him to survey what he had missed in the darkness. My eyes surveyed the crowd, finally settling on Armando. I climbed the sand dunes and surveyed the surroundings: green hills behind me, the ocean in front of me, clear blue skies all round. Needing a bigger site but intent on staying in the neighbourhood, the Boykiws surveyed the options. Something in the two larger puppies caught his eye and he picked one of them up, surveying it closely. I push open the green doors and survey the social dynamic like I did on the bus the first day of school. His eyes were worried as he helped her stand up, surveying her closely for injury. Synonyms look at, look over, take a look at, observe, view, contemplate, regard, see, gaze at, stare at, eye, get a bird's-eye view of 2Examine and record the area and features of (an area of land) so as to construct a map, plan, or description. 测量；勘测；测绘 he surveyed the coasts of New Zealand 他对新西兰海岸进行了测绘。 Example sentencesExamples The one female was not observed until she began behaving in a territorial manner again, even though the surrounding area had been intensively surveyed twice. Some adjacent areas were also surveyed, although less intensively. Another protected area that should be surveyed for islerorum is the Reserva Ecologica Serra das Araras in western Mato Grosso, Brazil. The survey consisted of a two-page, front to back, fifteen item questionnaire. In Taiwan, there are four areas which will be surveyed and examined this year by the WHO. Over the years since then, we have spent billions mapping, measuring and surveying Antarctica from land, sea and space. Even with this global effort, only 40 percent of the world's oceans have been surveyed to hydrographic standards. Bad weather prevented these plans and he surveyed the Cocos-Keeling Islands instead. This area was last surveyed in 1949, before most of the modern sonar technology was available. More than 750 miles of the southern part of the West Coast route has to be surveyed to record design positions. Kenya law requires that all land parcels should be surveyed and registered. However, a small population of approximately 40 individuals exists upstream of the area that is regularly surveyed. This year, the team surveyed a larger area with tunicate coverage. The first settlers arrived in the district around 1880 after the land had been surveyed by W.H.Skinner. The secondary observer records the species detected by the primary observer but also surveys the area. He had surveyed all the surrounding area, using council plans and photos taken by Staten. Buford surveyed the area for its geographical importance for the coming battle. This area of London was surveyed again in 1991 as part of the UK census of population. That is less than half of the sheep estimated to have been there when the area was last surveyed in 1973 by Canadian biologist Ronald Petocz. This equates to surveying an area the size of Plymouth while being able to pick out isolated features the size of a dustbin. She and two scientist friends then took her lists and travelled down the coast surveying the inter-tidal zones and counting all the numbers of these kinds of creatures. 3Investigate the opinions or experience of (a group of people) by asking them questions. 调查 95% of patients surveyed were satisfied with the health service 被调查的病人对公共医疗卫生服务感到满意。 Example sentencesExamples The 66 physicians who were surveyed had referred patients to the study. The IAS study showed that 56 percent of the organizations surveyed experienced failed international assignments. In this study, we surveyed the clinicians who are the recipients of these interpretations. Students in a large, urban northwest school district were recruited and then surveyed annually for seven years. Sixty-two percent of all surveyed said they experienced at least four traumatic events in the past 10 years. Each clinic surveyed 20 patients who were selected randomly. Surprisingly, while students get less time with their teachers, the survey suggests that they're more satisfied than students surveyed 10 years earlier. One student of the 556 surveyed got all 34 questions right. Both groups were surveyed at baseline (prior to starting their S-L experience) and at the completion of their experience. In 2003, researchers surveyed approximately 13,000 high school students about the disease. All of the patients surveyed said they were happy with the availability of appointments. One study surveyed 32 patients dying of cancer and stroke. The researchers surveyed more than 6,000 American soldiers in the months before and after combat in the two countries. More than one-third of the companies surveyed failed to hold regular board meetings. In fact, 64 percent of the patients surveyed were initially diagnosed by their primary-care doctor. They surveyed 49 patients who consumed a therapeutic diet and who received diet counselling during their hospital stay. The lists were drawn on the basis of personal experience among 200 people surveyed. The biggest question those surveyed said required an answer was: ‘Why is there so much suffering in the world?’ They found that 25% of plastic surgery patients surveyed said their partners had also had plastic surgery. Voters across the nation were surveyed to determine attitudes on issues up for debate. 3.1 Investigate (behavior or opinions) by questioning a group of people. 民意调查 the investigator surveyed the attitudes and beliefs held by residents 调查人对居民的观点和信仰进行了调查。 Example sentencesExamples The sample size was limited, the range of treatments surveyed perhaps too wide for the small numbers involved. A new poll surveying religious opinions across different countries has some interesting results. The poll surveyed the opinions of 3,667 people, aged 18 years and older. Researchers have for years been surveying the public's attitudes toward advertising and have noticed no significant change in beliefs about advertising. In 2000 it surveyed opinion using the identical question, resulting in support of 56 percent. Synonyms interview, question, canvass, poll, cross-examine, investigate, research, study, probe, sample nounˈsərˌveɪˈsərˌvā 1A general view, examination, or description of someone or something. 概论；全面的考察；概况 the author provides a survey of the relevant literature 作者对相关文献进行了概述。 Example sentencesExamples Its title and introduction lead readers to expect a general survey of global environmental history. The former is a comprehensive view or survey and the latter refers to places where two forms of a language are spoken. First, however, I shall present a general survey of the evidence. The best a book like this can do is to bring readers a general survey of hoaxes, their nature and perpetrators, and offer some tips on how to avoid being hoaxed. In general, the genre-by-genre surveys are extremely informative. There are good case studies and general surveys of terrorists and terrorist organizations, but few that try to determine whether more democracy leads to less terrorism. This volume not only provides a comprehensive survey of recent work on existential meaning but is likely to have a broader appeal as well. This volume provides an introductory survey of the last generation of scholarship on the corpus of eddic mythological poetry. Synonyms study, consideration, review, overview 1.1 An investigation of the opinions or experience of a group of people, based on a series of questions. 调查 Example sentencesExamples An informal survey reveals the youth at various stages of their academic and work careers. At the baseline survey participants completed a detailed health and lifestyle questionnaire and participated in a health examination. In a national telephone survey of 1,000 US adults, 105 participants reported that they suffer from severe headaches. However, she also conducted a number of questionnaire surveys of members. The second part of the survey examines views on the police, the judicial process and politics. Opinion surveys naturally produce optimistic estimates, as do extrapolations of recent market returns. Stations were also encouraged to install secure fencing, better lighting and clearer signs, and to conduct opinion surveys among passengers. This is based on a survey conducted in Sweden, which is the only EU country where smokeless tobacco is allowed. No steps were initiated to conduct surveys, investigations and research to identify the cause for occurrence of various types of disabilities with a view to their prevention and early detection. Government figures on poverty are based on sample surveys conducted at discrete points of time. A nationwide survey has found that parents want their children taught at home instead of at school. The outcome is a slap in the face for thousands of people who took part in a household survey asking for their views only to find them summarily disregarded. The results of a recent survey indicate that few general dentists see children who are younger than three years. A survey conducted last year identified a huge need for local housing. A recent nationwide FSA survey showed one in five people used takeaways two or three times a week. In a new nationwide survey commissioned by Columbia Law School, most Americans said no. The site will carry out online price surveys and will also lead campaigns for lower prices. More than 400 members participated in a member satisfaction survey in late May of 2001. The two groups commissioned a survey which found that 63 percent of respondents in Barcelona wanted an end to bullfighting. These findings emerge from a national survey of public opinion conducted by the HSRC during September 2000. Synonyms poll, review, investigation, enquiry, study, probe, questionnaire, opinion poll, sampling, census, cross-examination, quiz, research 2An act of surveying an area of land. 〈英〉（对建筑物的）查勘 the flight involved a detailed aerial survey of military bases 这次飞行包括对军事基地进行一次详细的空中测量。 Example sentencesExamples The officer said they have conducted an aerial survey which showed extensive damage in different villages due to the rain. The two essential methods of prairie dog tabulation are aerial surveys and old-fashioned head counts. Potentially suitable patches were determined from aerial surveys and ground checks. Aerial surveys found that nearly 60 percent of the reef area in the marine park was heat-stressed to some extent as indicated by bleaching. After extensive aerial surveys, scientists in a joint survey of the GBR this year discovered that coral bleaching has affected more than 60 per cent of the reef system. Aerial surveys are also followed by spotter and safety craft to curtail operations should marine life or nontarget hazards enter the ranges during the exercises. He said extensive surveys had found no signs of the newt. A geophysical survey revealed little, and we opened only three of four proposed trenches. Aerial surveys revealed that a small Rhine tributary had once carved an island here, and the silted channel was promptly dredged. In more than 28 years of flying aerial wildlife surveys, I've had the opportunity to work on many unique projects. Along the way, instruments could make a detailed survey of the land or sea below. Not only was Hutton teaching and writing textbooks, but he also undertook a land survey of the area around Newcastle for the mayor and corporation of the city. Since the aerial surveys occurred in different areas and at different times of the year, it was impossible to compare their results directly. M. Turman was indispensable as the pilot for the aerial surveys. That isolation along with a lack of funding for extensive aerial and ground surveys translate to light monitoring - nothing near the scale and intensity aimed at ducks. Aerial surveys have shown over 2,000 jellies squeezed together into an area the size of a football field. What is more, they counted all of those 100 sheep in an area where the aerial survey had found no sheep at all. Aerial surveys show that Louisiana's barrier islands have sustained especially heavy losses from Katrina's scouring winds and waves. Approximately 85% of the study area burned, as estimated by ground surveys and aerial photography. Most information on their abundance and distribution is based on the larger islands, and the smaller islands are not always even included in aerial surveys. 2.1 A map, plan, or detailed description obtained by a survey. 测绘图；测绘计划；勘测记录 Example sentencesExamples Other surveys were recently on view at the Fine Art Society in London and the National Museum, Cardiff, Wales. 2.2 A department carrying out the surveying of land. 测量部门 the U.S. Geological Survey 英国地质测量局。 Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘examine and ascertain the condition of’): from Anglo-Norman French surveier, from medieval Latin supervidere, from super- ‘over’ + videre ‘to see’. The early sense of the noun (late 15th century) was ‘supervision’.
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