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Definition of census in English: censusnounPlural censuses ˈsɛnsəsˈsɛnsəs An official count or survey, especially of a population. 一次交通统计。 Example sentencesExamples - One of the main surprise findings of the census is that the population is ageing quicker than was previously thought.
- The third kind of training produced researchers who conducted house-to-house censuses and applied a questionnaire about social and economic organization.
- It's a national survey, it's a massive survey, but it's not a national census.
- This area of London was surveyed again in 1991 as part of the UK census of population.
- All mortalities are given per million population, with population sizes derived from censuses by interpolation or extrapolation.
- These two segments of the population were aggregated in all population censuses prior to 2000.
- The traditional way of doing this has been to use death rates or self reported measures of chronic illness derived from censuses or surveys of the population.
- A local census of population, resource audit and needs analysis will also be compiled.
- Profitability depended on accurate data and life assurance companies were active supporters of population censuses initiated by the government.
- Part of the reason for the result is that no subdivisions were available in the census question.
- Recent censuses have confirmed a population shift away from the Northeast and Midwest, towards the South and West.
- By 1851 the census showed the urban population was larger than that of the rural areas.
- There is no other state where the local populace is prouder to be counted in the census.
- Biologists taking censuses of animal populations or hunters tracking game are typical users.
- The differences can be accounted for by the fact that these are samples, and not censuses of the population.
- Neither the county or district councils has felt it necessary to conduct a traffic census in recent years.
- Direction and density of nocturnal migrants detected with radar and ceilometers were compared with changes in species counts from daily censuses.
- These machines, one of which is on display at the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC, allowed the Nazis to punch out data cards and were used for population censuses in Germany in the 1930s.
- Relief turned to panic in the late 1980s, when censuses of tiger populations began to reveal that many were ‘missing.’
- They are based on a management plan that incorporates activities such as censuses of the populations and demographic research about particular species.
Synonyms poll, review, investigation, enquiry, study, probe, questionnaire, opinion poll, sampling, cross-examination, quiz, research
OriginEarly 17th century (denoting a poll tax): from Latin, applied to the registration of citizens and property in ancient Rome, usually for taxation, from censere 'assess'. The current sense dates from the mid 18th century. Definition of census in US English: censusnounˈsɛnsəsˈsensəs An official count or survey of a population, typically recording various details of individuals. （尤指记录个人各方面细节的）人口普查，人口调查；统计，调查，普查 population estimates extrapolated from the 1981 census Example sentencesExamples - These two segments of the population were aggregated in all population censuses prior to 2000.
- The third kind of training produced researchers who conducted house-to-house censuses and applied a questionnaire about social and economic organization.
- A local census of population, resource audit and needs analysis will also be compiled.
- The traditional way of doing this has been to use death rates or self reported measures of chronic illness derived from censuses or surveys of the population.
- Biologists taking censuses of animal populations or hunters tracking game are typical users.
- Recent censuses have confirmed a population shift away from the Northeast and Midwest, towards the South and West.
- One of the main surprise findings of the census is that the population is ageing quicker than was previously thought.
- These machines, one of which is on display at the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC, allowed the Nazis to punch out data cards and were used for population censuses in Germany in the 1930s.
- They are based on a management plan that incorporates activities such as censuses of the populations and demographic research about particular species.
- It's a national survey, it's a massive survey, but it's not a national census.
- Relief turned to panic in the late 1980s, when censuses of tiger populations began to reveal that many were ‘missing.’
- All mortalities are given per million population, with population sizes derived from censuses by interpolation or extrapolation.
- Direction and density of nocturnal migrants detected with radar and ceilometers were compared with changes in species counts from daily censuses.
- Profitability depended on accurate data and life assurance companies were active supporters of population censuses initiated by the government.
- Neither the county or district councils has felt it necessary to conduct a traffic census in recent years.
- Part of the reason for the result is that no subdivisions were available in the census question.
- The differences can be accounted for by the fact that these are samples, and not censuses of the population.
- By 1851 the census showed the urban population was larger than that of the rural areas.
- This area of London was surveyed again in 1991 as part of the UK census of population.
- There is no other state where the local populace is prouder to be counted in the census.
Synonyms poll, review, investigation, enquiry, study, probe, questionnaire, opinion poll, sampling, cross-examination, quiz, research
OriginEarly 17th century (denoting a poll tax): from Latin, applied to the registration of citizens and property in ancient Rome, usually for taxation, from censere ‘assess’. The current sense dates from the mid 18th century. |