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
have the measure of someone/somethingidiom
inspect
inspection
interpret
interpretable
interpretive
microscope
parse
reinspection
reinterpret
reinterpretation
reinvestigate
reinvestigation
weigh

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Testing, checking and experimenting

Examples of inspecting

inspecting

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

This article considers some of the general motivation for the assumption that entertaining mental images involves inspecting a picture-like object.
In the model, there are three loops for inspecting the outcome of processes.
By inspecting these variables, the wrapper can retrieve and decode the incoming request.
Ultrasonic inspecting subsystem: it is carried by the robot to detect the flaws and to measure the thickness of the tank surface.
Then perhaps he began observing other people's usage and inspecting the speech roles of the person that a pronoun designated.
After inspecting the story, the child reviews the pictures and tells the story in his/her own words.
Crucially, the progress of the event denoted by the predicate could be inferred by inspecting the state of the direct object.
The topmost element denotes the function whose body we are currently inspecting.
Once again, the system checks the problem-solving status, verifies the system state, and star ts inspecting its knowledge database on different types of staircases.
Sometimes this occurs without first inspecting the second cavity herself.
The findings derived from a novel methodology - inspecting the sources of children's name innovations.
The intuition for this result can be understood by inspecting equations (30) and (31).
Furthermore, the overhead of inspecting the system clock may differ from system to system.
He was also fond of inspecting the finished products on-site.
The process of specifying declarations is supported by the possibility of inspecting and adopting the inferred types.
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