survey(LOOK AT)formal

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to look at someone or something
lookLook over there! A rainbow!
watchI sat by the window and watched people walking past.
glanceShe glanced around the room to see who was there.
peepShe peeped through the curtains to see what was happening.
peekHe peeked inside the box.
stareDon't stare at people like that - it's rude.
to officially visit a place or a group of people in order to check that everything is correct and legal: 视察；检阅
An official from the Department of Health will be inspecting the restaurant this afternoon.今天下午卫生部的一名官员要来视察这家餐馆。
The King inspected the troops.国王检阅了部队。
[ Toften passive ]US(UKsurvey)
If a building is inspected, it is examined carefully by a specially trained person, in order to discover if there is anything wrong with its structure.鉴定，查勘（建筑物）
Two official-looking men came to inspect the house.
She gave a little whimper as the vet inspected her paw.
Stewards will be inspecting the race track at 9.00.组织者将在9点钟检查跑道。
She seemed to be inspecting my face for any sign that I was tricking her.
The police experts inspected the crime scene thoroughly before leaving.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Analysing and evaluating
adjudication
analysable
analyse
analyser
analyst
assign
dive
have the measure of someone/somethingidiom
inspection
interpret
interpretable
interpretive
interpretively
microscope
reinterpret
reinterpretation
reinvestigate
reinvestigation
research
weigh

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Testing, checking and experimenting

inspect | American Dictionary

inspect
verb[ T ]
us/ɪnˈspekt/
to look at something or someone carefully in order to discover information, esp. about quality or condition:
After the accident both drivers got out and inspected their cars for damage.
If an official person inspects a thing, place, or a group of people, the official looks carefully in order to make certain the thing, place, or group is in good condition and that rules are being obeyed:
Someone from the Health Department will inspect the restaurant this afternoon.

inspect | Business English

inspect
verb[ T ]
uk /ɪnˈspekt/us
to look at something carefully in order to check its quality or condition:
Inspect the goods carefully before you accept delivery of them.
inspect (sth) for sthThere is a process to force gas companies to inspect for leaks more frequently.
HR, WORKPLACE
to officially visit a building or organization in order to check that everything is correct and legal:
They did a two-day, on-site survey to inspect the facility.
The premises are inspected twice a year by the Trading Standards Officer.

Examples of inspect

inspect
I was certainly eager to inspect it as soon as it arrived on my desk.
The five baits inspected at any given census were randomly selected from those baits that had not been previously examined.
But like all monuments we must walk up to it, inspect it, examine its detail.
The model can be knowledge that is inspected and analysed by humans or a system that is embedded in an optimization system.
Traps were inspected in the early morning and fresh traps replaced as necessary.
The program to inspect, classify, and select among newcomers expanded within a few years, mobilizing public health doctors, police, municipal officials, and national legislators.
Thus, it is necessary to inspect the finned exchanger tubing in boiler with intelligent robots.
In the first and third periods there were no notes on wet-nurses who were inspected a second time.
The citation lists from all identified studies were inspected for additional studies.
To ensure uniform imbibition and pretreatment, seeds were inspected and mixed daily for the first 2 weeks and thereafter on a weekly basis.
After the introduction and the interview, the pharmacy was inspected by using of these indicators.
A useful first step in assessing variability of genes is to inspect alignments of different genes.
This article considers some of the general motivation for the assumption that entertaining mental images involves inspecting a picture-like object.
In fact, the purpose of the analysis is to inspect whether the structure is sufficiently dimensioned to sustain the loads during its exploitation.
In the model, there are three loops for inspecting the outcome of processes.
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