appraise

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ap·praise /əˈpreɪz/ verb [transitiveT]

1 formalJUDGE to officially judge how successful, effective, or valuable something is 评定；鉴定；估价 SYN evaluate

Greenpeace has been invited to appraise the environmental costs of such an operation.

绿色和平组织已受邀评估这样一次行动对环境的影响。

2 literary to look carefully at someone or something to make an opinion about them 端详

His eyes appraised her face.

他两眼端详着她的脸庞。

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appraise• Or they might have the cards appraised.• Cautiously, I began appraising Gloria.• Tait stroked his beard again with long, elegant fingers, appraising her with colourless eyes.• Therefore, appraise it in terms of the five fundamental factors and make comparisons of the seven elements later named.• In order to judge the impact of fetal masculinization on men, it is useful to appraise its effect on the female.• Over the last 20 years the Church has begun to appraise itself.

From Longman Business Dictionary

appraiseap·praise /əˈpreɪz/ verb [transitiveT]

1HUMAN RESOURCES to decide how well an employee is doing his or her work, usually after discussing with the employee how well he or she has performed during the past year

It is the line manager’s job to appraise staff.

2to decide how much something is worth after considering it carefully

appraise something at

The property was appraised at $28 million.

Origin appraise

(1400-1500) Old French aprisier, from prisier “to value”; influenced by praise

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