assess
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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. 面试让你评估候选人的合适性。 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. 生活质量通过问卷调查来评估。 - 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, Educationb2She 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. 该公司在评估客户需求方面付出了巨大努力。 The national curriculum involves assessing pupils at ages 7, 11, 14 and 16. 国家课程包括评估7岁、11岁、14岁和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. 一名山地向导接受五门艰苦课程的训练和评估。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- fully
- accurately
- correctly
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- attempt to
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- assess somebody/something
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 ExamplesThe Inland Revenue assessed the value of the paintings at £8 million. 税务局估计这些画的价值为800万英镑。 It is very difficult to assess accurately the costs of corporate crime. 很难准确评估公司犯罪的成本。 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
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- attempt to
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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.