1. 检验;试验;测试
When you test something, you try it, for example by touching it or using it for a short time, in order to find out what it is, what condition it is in, or how well it works.
e.g. Either measure the temperature with a bath thermometer or test the water with your wrist...
要么用浴用温度计测量水温,要么用手腕试一下。
e.g. Here the army has its ranges where Rapier missiles and other weaponry are tested...
军方在这儿有发射场,“长剑”导弹等武器都在这里进行试验。
2. 试验;测试;检验
A test is a deliberate action or experiment to find out how well something works.
e.g. ...the banning of nuclear tests.
禁止核试验
3. 对…进行测试;考核;考查
If you test someone, you ask them questions or tell them to perform certain actions in order to find out how much they know about a subject or how well they are able to do something.
e.g. There was a time when each teacher spent an hour, one day a week, testing pupils in every subject...
曾经,每个老师每周都有一天花上一小时对学生的每门功课进行测试。
e.g. She decided to test herself with a training run in London.
她决定在伦敦对自己进行跑步训练的测试。
4. 测试(题);考试(题);考卷
A test is a series of questions that you must answer or actions that you must perform in order to show how much you know about a subject or how well you are able to do something.
e.g. Out of a total of 2,602 pupils only 922 passed the test...
所有 2,602 名学生中,只有 922 名通过了测试。
e.g. She had sold her bike, taken a driving test and bought a car.
她卖了自行车,考了驾照,并买了辆汽车。
5. 考验;试探
If you test someone, you deliberately make things difficult for them in order to see how they react.
e.g. She may be testing her mother to see how much she can take before she throws her out.
她可能在试探她妈妈,看她能忍耐到什么程度才会把她撵出家门。
6. 考验;检验
If an event or situation is a test of a person or thing, it reveals their qualities or effectiveness.
e.g. It is a commonplace fact that holidays are a major test of any relationship...
度假对任何恋爱关系都是重大考验,这是常识。
e.g. The test of any civilised society is how it treats its minorities.
检验一个社会是否文明的办法就是看它怎样对待其少数群体。
7. 对…进行体检;化验;检查
If you are tested for a particular disease or medical condition, you are examined or go through various procedures in order to find out whether you have that disease or condition.
e.g. My doctor wants me to be tested for diabetes...
我的医生要我去做个检查,看是否患有糖尿病。
e.g. Girls in an affected family can also be tested to see if they carry the defective gene.
染病家庭的女孩们也可以检查一下,看看是否携带这种缺陷基因。
8. 体检;(健康)检查
A medical test is an examination of a part of your body in order to check that you are healthy or to find out what is wrong with you.
e.g. If necessary X-rays and blood tests will also be used to aid diagnosis...
如有必要,还要进行 X 光检查和验血以帮助诊断。
e.g. The family doctor ordered numerous, expensive medical tests, which revealed no physical problem.
家庭医生安排了名目繁多、收费昂贵的检查,结果没有查出任何健康问题。
9. (常指板球、橄榄球的)国际锦标赛
A test is a sports match between two international teams, usually in cricket, rugby union, or rugby league.
10. see also: testing;acid test;breath test;means test;litmus test;test match
11. 使经受检验;对…进行试验
If you put something to the test, you find out how useful or effective it is by using it.
e.g. The Liverpool team are now putting their theory to the test...
利物浦队此时正在验证他们的理论。
e.g. Arriving at the railway station, I put local knowledge to the test and ask a taxi driver.
到了火车站,为了检验自己对当地的了解程度,我请教了一个出租车司机。
12. 测试…的强度(或稳定性)
If new circumstances or events put something to the test, they put a strain on it and indicate how strong or stable it really is.
e.g. Sooner or later, life will put the relationship to the test.
总有一天,生活会考验这种关系是否牢固。
13. 经得住时间的考验
If you say that something will stand the test of time, you mean that it is strong or effective enough to last for a very long time.
e.g. It says a lot for her culinary skills that so many of her recipes have stood the test of time.
她的许多食谱经受住了时间的考验,这充分证明了她的厨艺。
14. to test the waters -> see water