1610s, from Latin census "the enrollment of the names and property assessments of all Roman citizens," originally past participle of censere "to assess" (see censor (n.)). The modern census begins in the U.S., 1790., and Revolutionary France. Property for taxation was the primary purpose in Rome, hence Latin census also was used for "one's wealth, one's worth, wealthiness."
雙語例句
1. Of these, 40% told census-takers they were Muslims.
這些人當(dāng)中，有40%的人告訴人口普查員說自己是穆斯林。
來自柯林斯例句
2. A census of population is taken every ten years.
人口普查每10年進(jìn)行一次.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. A new pet census showed that cats now outnumber dogs by a whisker (7 million to 6.9 million).
新的寵物普查顯示出貓的數(shù)量略微超過了狗的數(shù)量（700萬比690萬）。
來自柯林斯例句
4. One authority made a census of the spiders in a grass field in the south of England, and he estimated that there were more than 2,250,000 in one acre.