appraise
/əˈpreɪz/verb
with obj.
1- assess the value or quality of评价; 估价, 评估质量：
there is a need to appraise existing techniques.
有必要评估一下现有技术。
1.1
- assess the performance of (an employee) formally评价（雇员）的表现。
1.2
- (of an official valuer) set a price on; value（官方估价人）为…定价; 为…估价：
they appraised the painting at £200,000.
他们对这幅画的估价为20万英镑。
USAGE
The verb appraise is frequently confused with apprise. Appraise means 'assess (someone or something)', as in a need to appraise existing techniques, while apprise means 'inform (someone)' and is often used in the structure apprise someone of something， as in psychiatrists were apprised of his condition. In the British National Corpus， 50 per cent of citations for the meaning 'inform' incorrectly use appraise rather than apprise, as in once appraised of the real facts, there was only one person who showed any opposition.
派生词
appraisable
adjectiveappraisee
nounappraisement
nounappraiser
nounappraisingly
adverbappraisive
adjective词源