survey: [15] To survey something is etymologically to ‘oversee’ it. The word comes via Anglo-Norman surveier from medieval Latin supervidēre, a compound verb formed from the prefix super- ‘over’ and vidēre ‘see’ (source of English view, vision, etc). => view, vision
survey (v.)
c. 1400, "to consider, contemplate," from Anglo-French surveier, Old French sorveoir "look (down) at, look upon, notice; guard, watch," from Medieval Latin supervidere "oversee" (see supervise). Meaning "examine the condition of" is from mid-15c. That of "to take linear measurements of a tract of ground" is recorded from 1540s. Related: Surveyed; surveying; surveyance (late 14c.).
survey (n.)
late 15c., survei, "oversight, supervision," from survey (v.). The meaning "act of viewing in detail" is from 1540s. Meaning "systematic collection of data on opinions, etc." is attested from 1927.
雙語例句
1. Its own estimate of three hundred tallies with that of another survey.
其估計數目300與另一項調查的結果相吻合。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Scarborough Council commissioned geological experts earlier this year to survey the cliffs.
斯卡伯勒市政會在今年早些時候委托地質專家對這些懸崖進行勘測。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Our survey revealed that these allergies were mainly one-offs.
我們的調查顯示這些過敏多為一次性反應。
來自柯林斯例句
4. A survey of 57 hospitals by Newchurch, a consultancy, reveals striking improvements.
一家名為紐徹奇的咨詢公司對57家醫院所作的調查顯示改善十分明顯。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Peter Ward is a seismologist with the US Geological Survey.