test1 /test/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countableC] 1 exam 考试EXAM/TEST a set of questions, exercises, or practical activities to measure someone’s skill, ability, or knowledge 测验,测试;考查,考试test on We have a test on irregular verbs tomorrow. 明天我们要测验,考不规则动词。
Did you get a good mark in the test? 你这次测验成绩好吗?
You
take or
do a test. Don’t say ‘make a test’. To
pass a test means to succeed in it, not simply to take it.
参加测验说 take 或 do a test,不说 ‘make a test’。to pass a test 的意思是通过测验,而不是仅仅指参加测验。
2 medical 医学的 a) a medical examination on a part of your body, or a substance taken from your body, to check your health or to discover what is wrong with you 〔医学〕检查,化验 The doctor said I needed to have a blood test. 医生说我得验血。
I’m still waiting for my test results from the hospital. 我还在等待医院的化验结果。
do/run a test They don’t know what’s wrong with her yet – they’re doing tests. 他们还不知道她有什么问题——他们正在做检查。
a test is positive/negative (=it shows that someone has/does not have a condition, a substance in their blood etc) 检测呈阳性/阴性 The tests were negative and the doctor said that she was in perfect health. 检测结果是阴性,医生说她的身体十分健康。
b) an examination of someone’s blood, breath etc carried out by the police, to discover if they have done something illegal 〔警方为检查违法之事而做的〕检查,测试 The results of the DNA test proved that Simmons was the rapist. 测试证明西蒙斯是强奸者。
breath test (=to find out if someone has been drinking alcohol before driving a car) 呼气测醉检查
c) a piece of equipment used for carrying out a medical examination 医疗检查设备 3 machine/product 机器/产品TEST/EXPERIMENT a process used to discover whether equipment or a product works correctly, or to discover more about it 检测,检验,试验 nuclear weapons tests 核武器试验
test for a test for chemicals in the water 水中化学物质检测
Laboratory tests show that the new drug is very effective. 实验室测试表明这种新药十分有效。
We went to the test site in Nevada. 我们去了位于内华达州的试验场。
4 difficult situation 艰难处境DIFFICULT a difficult situation in which the qualities of someone or something are clearly shown 考验 Chess player Nigel Short faces Anatoly Karpov in the toughest test of his career so far. 国际象棋选手奈杰尔•肖特将和阿纳托利•卡尔波夫对弈,这是他职业生涯中迄今为止最为严峻的考验。
test of character/strength/courage/endurance etc The problems she faced were a real test of character. 她面临的那些问题是对她人品的一次真正考验。
5 put somebody/something to the test to force someone or something into a difficult situation in order to discover what the limits of their strength, skills etc are 使某人/某事得到考验 Living together will soon put their relationship to the test. 一起生活马上就能考验他们的关系。
Paul soon found himself in an emergency situation that put all his training to the test. 保罗很快发现自己情况危急,他所接受的全部训练都受到了考验。
put somebody/something to the test• Again, put them to the test.• Kathy's students are putting her patience to the test.• The war is putting some of the military's expensive new technology to the test.• Will the Prime Minister now put it to the test through the ballot box and let the people decide on his record?• So she puts him to the test.• Jealous voices reminded the Count of this again and again; eventually he decided to put her to the test.• Rain could not bring herself to put this to the test.• More shaming had been his reluctance to put it to the test.• Naturally the two officers protest that their girls are different, but Alfonso persuades them to put it to the test.• With markets falling and input prices rising, this is the ideal time to put them to the test. 6. sport 体育运动 British EnglishBrEDSC a test match 板球[橄榄球]的国际比赛
→ smear test, means test, → stand the test of time at stand1(8), → the acid test at acid2(3) COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 1: a set of questions, exercises, or practical activities to measure someone’s skill, ability, or knowledge 测验,测试;考查,考试verbstake a test (also do/sit a test British EnglishBrE) 参加测验All candidates have to take a test. 所有候选人必须参加测试。
pass a test (=succeed in it) 通过测验She passed her driving test first time. 她第一次就通过了驾照考试。
fail a test (also flunk a test American EnglishAmE informal) 测验不及格He failed the test and had to take it again. 他测验不及格,必须重考。
do well/badly in a test British EnglishBrE, do well/badly on a test American EnglishAmE 在测验中考得好/差I didn’t do very well in the first part of the test. 第一部分我考得不是很好。
give somebody a test 给某人测验nThe students were given a reading test.
grade a test (also mark a test British EnglishBrE) 批改测验卷nI spent the day marking tests.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + testa biology/history etc test 生物/历史等测验On Monday we had a French test. 星期一我们进行了法语测验。
a spelling/reading/listening test 拼写/阅读/听力考试I didn’t do very well in the listening test. 听力我考得不是很好。
a driving test 驾照考试nA driving test can be a nerve-racking experience.
a written test 书面考试nSelection was based on written tests in English and mathematics.
a multiple choice test (=in which each question has a list of answers to choose from) 多项选择题考试nThere is some debate about whether multiple-choice tests are a good way of assessing student’s knowledge.
an aptitude test (=a test that measures your natural abilities) 能力倾向测试
nan oral testThe oral test will consist of a conversation of about 10 minutes in German.
test + NOUNa test paper 试卷The teacher began handing out the test papers. 老师开始分发试卷。
a test result/score 测验[考试]成绩The test results are out on Friday. 测验成绩周五公布。
a test question 测验题,试题nSome of the test questions were really difficult.
COMMON ERRORSDon’t say ‘make a test’. Say take a test or do a test. 不要说 ‘make a test’。 而要说 take a test 或 do a test。
COLLOCATIONS – Meanings 2 & 3nverbsdo/carry out a test (also perform/conduct a test formal)Your doctor will need to carry out some tests.
have a test (also undergo a test formal) (=be tested)She had to have a blood test.
go for a testI’m going for an eye test next week.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + testnpositive (=showing that someone has a condition)My first pregnancy test was positive.
nnegative (=showing that someone does not have a condition)All the tests came back negative.
na blood testA blood test revealed his alcohol level was above the legal limit.
nan eye test/a sight testAll children starting school are given a sight test.
a hearing test 听力检查nI went for a hearing test last week.
na fitness testWalcott will have a fitness test this morning to decide whether he can play.
a pregnancy test (=to find out if someone is pregnant) 验孕试剂
na drug test (=to find out if someone has taken drugs)Two athletes were banned from competing after failing drug tests.
na breath test (=to find out if someone has drunk alcohol)Some people think the police should be able to carry out random breath tests.
nlaboratory testsIndependent laboratory tests have confirmed that the product works very successfully.
na simple testYour doctor can give you a simple blood test to check for anaemia.
ntest + NOUNtest resultsThe test results showed that she had meningitis.
a test site (=a place where something can be tested)A nuclear device was detonated at the Trinity test site in New Mexico, on July 16,1945.
THESAURUStest a set of questions or practical activities, which are intended to find out how much someone knows about a subject or skill 〔学科或技能的〕测验,测试I have a chemistry test tomorrow. 我明天有化学测验。
Did Lauren pass her driving test? 劳伦通过驾照考试了吗?
exam (also examination formal) an important test that you do at the end of a course of study or class or at the end of the school year 〔课程或学年结束时举行的〕考试He’s upstairs, revising for an exam. 他在楼上复习迎考。
When do you get your exam results? 你什么时候可以拿到考试成绩?
There’s a written examination at the end of the course. 课程结束时要进行书面考试。
quiz American EnglishAmE a quick test that a teacher gives to a class, usually to check that students are learning the things they should be learning 小测验We have a math quiz every Monday. 我们每周一有数学小测验。
a pop quiz (=a quiz given by a teacher without any warning) 突击性小测验
finals British EnglishBrE the last exams that you take at the end of a British university course 大学毕业考试nDuring my finals I was revising till 3 o'clock in the morning most days.
final American EnglishAmE an important test that you take at the end of a particular class in high school or college 〔高中或大学的〕期终考试nThe English final was pretty hard.
midterm American EnglishAmE an important test that you take in the middle of a term, covering what you have learned in a particular class in high school or college 期中考试nHe did badly in the midterm.
oral exam (also oral British EnglishBrE) an exam in which you answer questions by speaking, instead of writing, for example to test how good you are at speaking a foreign language 口试nNicky got an A in her Spanish oral.
nYou can either take an oral exam or do a 25 page essay.
practical British EnglishBrE an exam that tests your ability to do or make things, rather than your ability to write about them 实践考试nThe chemistry practical is on Monday.
mocks/mock exams British EnglishBrE informal tests that you take as practice before the official examinations 模拟考试nShe did well in the mocks.
paper British EnglishBrE a set of printed questions used as an examination in a particular subject, or the answers people write 试卷;答卷The history paper was really difficult. 历史试卷很难。
The papers are marked by the other teachers. 试卷由其他老师批改。