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test (obj)testv试验; 测试; 测验Will you test me on (= ask me questions to see if I know) the chemical formulae I've been learning? [T]你要考我那些我一直在学的化学方程式吗？This machine is designed for testing people's hearing (= finding out if there is anything wrong with it). [T]这机器是为测试人的听力而设计的。We test the equipment for accuracy (= make sure that it is working correctly) every Friday morning. [T]每星期五上午我们测试设备的精确度。The manufacturers are currently testing the new engine (= making sure that it is working effectively). [T]制造者现在正在检查新发动机。They started testing (= searching) for oil. [I]他们开始勘探石油。To test someone or something can also be to present them with a situation which show how good they are at dealing with difficulties.考验That lecture really tested my powers of endurance, it was so boring. [T]那堂课真是在考验我的忍耐力，它是那么乏味。To test something, esp. a theory or an idea, out is to find out how it works in a practical situation or how people react to it.检验（理论、见解等）The students tested out their cost-cutting ideas in several companies. [M]学生们在几个公司检验他们降低成本的想法。I find it valuable to test my writing out on someone else before it is published. [M]我想我的作品在出版前接受别人的审阅是很有帮助的。To test the water(s) is to find out what people's opinions of something are before you ask them to do something or try and sell them something.试探（别人对某事的意见）; 试探深浅We put an advertisement about a nursery school in the paper to test the water.我们在报上登了幼儿园的广告，看看人们的反应如何。
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