as·sess
verb OPAL W
/əˈses/
/əˈses/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they assess | /əˈses/ /əˈses/ |
| he / she / it assesses | /əˈsesɪz/ /əˈsesɪz/ |
| past simple assessed | /əˈsest/ /əˈsest/ |
| past participle assessed | /əˈsest/ /əˈsest/ |
| -ing form assessing | /əˈsesɪŋ/ /əˈsesɪŋ/ |
- to make a judgement about the nature or quality of somebody/something
评估，评定（性质、质量） - assess somebody/something Accurately assessing environmental impacts is very complex.
准确评估环境影响是非常复杂的。 - to assess a patient’s needs
判定病人的需要 - It's difficult to assess the effects of these changes.
这些变化带来的效果难以评估。 - Interviews allow you to assess the suitability of candidates.
面试可以让您评估候选人的适合性。 - She engaged a safety consultant to assess the risks.
她聘请了一名安全顾问来评估风险。 - Quality of life was assessed using a questionnaire.
使用问卷评估生活质量。 - assess somebody/something as something The young men were assessed as either safe or unsafe drivers.
这些年轻人被评定为谨慎驾驶员和不谨慎驾驶员两类。 - I'd assess your chances as low.
我估计你的机会不大。 - assess whether, how, etc… The committee assesses whether a building is worth preserving.
该委员会评定一栋建筑物是否值得保存。 - We are trying to assess how well the system works.
我们正设法评估这个系统运行得是否顺畅。
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentb2, Educationb2- She carefully assessed the situation.
她仔细地估计了一下形势。 - The new patient is assessed by the nursing staff.
新病号由护理人员作出评估。 - The company has put great effort into assessing the needs of its customers.
该公司投入了大量精力来评估客户的需求。 - The national curriculum involves assessing pupils at ages 7, 11, 14 and 16.
国家课程涉及评估 7、11、14 和 16 岁的学生。 - The tests are used to assess individual students' ability and knowledge.
这些测试用于评估学生个体的能力和知识。 - The studies were independently assessed by several researchers.
几位研究者各自对这些研究进行了评估。 - She decided to get her daughter assessed for dyslexia.
她决定请人评估一下女儿是否有诵读困难。 - A mountain guide is trained and assessed on five gruelling courses.
登山向导要接受五个艰苦课程的培训和评估。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- fully
- accurately
- correctly
- …
- attempt to
- try to
- help to
- …
- for
- assess somebody/something Accurately assessing environmental impacts is very complex.
- to calculate the amount or value of something
估算，估定，核定（数量、价值） - assess something They have assessed the amount of compensation to be paid.
他们已经核定赔偿额。 - assess something at something Damage to the building was assessed at £40 000.
该建筑物的损失估定为 4 万英镑。
Extra Examples- The Inland Revenue assessed the value of the paintings at £8 million.
税务局评估这些画作的价值为 800 万英镑。 - It is very difficult to assess accurately the costs of corporate crime.
准确评估企业犯罪的成本非常困难。 - The legal costs have been assessed at $75 000.
诉讼费估计为 75,000 美元。 - It is difficult to assess the building's value properly without seeing it.
没有亲眼看到建筑，很难恰当地估计它的价值。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accurately
- correctly
- properly
- …
- attempt to
- try to
- be difficult to
- …
- at
- assess something They have assessed the amount of compensation to be paid.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French assesser, based on Latin assidere ‘sit by’ (in medieval Latin ‘levy tax’), from ad- ‘to, at’ + sedere ‘sit’. Compare with assizes.