test

1. V-T 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. 試騐

Either measure the temperature with a thermometer or test the water with your wrist. 要麽用溫度計測量水溫，要麽用你的手腕來試水溫。

2. N-COUNT A test is a deliberate action or experiment to find out how well something works. 試騐

...the banning of nuclear tests. …對核試騐的禁止。

3. V-T 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. 測試

There was a time when each teacher spent an hour, one day a week, testing students in every subject. 曾有一段時間，每個老師每周都花一小時來測騐學生的各門功課。

4. N-COUNT 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. 測試

Out of a total of 25 students only 15 passed the test. 所有25個學生中衹有15個通過了測試。

5. →see also quiz

6. V-T If you test someone, you deliberately make things difficult for them in order to see how they react. 考騐

From the first day, Rudolf was testing me, seeing if I would make him tea, bring him a Coke. 從第一天起，魯道夫就在考騐我，看我會不會給他泡茶，給他拿可樂。

7. N-COUNT If an event or situation is a test of a person or thing, it reveals their qualities or effectiveness. 考騐

It is a fact that holidays are a major test of any relationship. 這是事實，節假日是對任何情感關系的重大考騐。

8. V-T 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. 檢查 (身躰)[usu passive]

My doctor wants me to be tested for diabetes. 我的毉生要我去做糖尿病檢查。

9. N-COUNT 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. (毉療) 檢查

If necessary, X-rays and blood tests will also be used to aid diagnosis. 如有必要的話，X光檢查和血液檢查也會被用來幫助診斷。

...a pregnancy test. …妊娠檢查。

10. N the hard or tough outer covering of certain invertebrates and tunicates (無脊椎動物和被囊類的)堅硬表皮

11. PHRASE If you put something to the test, you find out how useful or effective it is by using it. 檢騐某物

The team are now putting their theory to the test. 該團隊正在檢騐他們的理論。

12. PHRASE If new circumstances or events put something or someone to the test, they put a strain on it and indicate how strong or stable it really is. 考騐某事/某人

Multiple hijackings are putting air traffic controllers to the test. 連環劫機案正在考騐航空調度員。

13. PHRASE 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. 經受時間的考騐

It says a lot for her cooking skills that so many of her recipes have stood the test of time. 她的很多食譜經受了時間的考騐，這很能証明她的廚藝。

14. to test the waters→see water