assess

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they assess
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he / she / it assesses
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past simple assessed
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past participle assessed
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-ing form assessing
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  1. 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.准确评估环境影响非常复杂。
    • 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.使用问卷调查评估生活质量。
    • 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 Examples
    • 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.该公司已竭尽全力评估其客户的需求。
    • 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.一名高山向导接受了五项艰苦的课程训练和评估。
    Topics Opinion and argumentb2, Educationb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • fully
    • accurately
    • correctly
    verb + assess
    • attempt to
    • try to
    • help to
    preposition
    • for
    See full entry
  2. to calculate the amount or value of something估算,估定,核定(数量、价值) synonym estimate
    • 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.税务局估计这些画作的价值为800万英镑。
    • It is very difficult to assess accurately the costs of corporate crime.准确评估公司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
    verb + assess
    • attempt to
    • try to
    • be difficult to
    preposition
    • at
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  3. 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.