• vt. 實(shí)施統(tǒng)計(jì)調(diào)查
• n. 人口普查，人口調(diào)查

來(lái)自PIE*kens, 莊嚴(yán)的宣布，通知，評(píng)估，檢查。最早來(lái)自古羅馬氏族社會(huì)時(shí)期依據(jù)個(gè)人的財(cái)產(chǎn)，地位，收入等進(jìn)行公民社會(huì)等級(jí)劃分，第一任審查官為公元前6世紀(jì)古羅馬帶有傳奇色彩的偉大首領(lǐng)Servius Tullius。更多參照class詞源。

census

census: see excise

census (n.)

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."

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(shuō)自己是穆斯林。

來(lái)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(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)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(guò)了狗的數(shù)量（700萬(wàn)比690萬(wàn)）。

來(lái)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.

一位權(quán)威對(duì)英國(guó)南方一塊草坪上的蜘蛛作過(guò)統(tǒng)計(jì), 他估計(jì)每英畝有2,250,000多只蜘蛛.

來(lái)自《用法詞典》

5. The census is taken one time every four years in our country.

我國(guó)每四年一次人口普查。

來(lái)自辭典例句