英语词汇“test”的音标、意思、用法及中文翻译-反思网

put something to the test
test
verb
uk /test/ us /test/
B2[ T ]
to put something through a process in order to discover if it is safe, works correctly, etc., or if something is present in it: 试验；检验；试用；检测
The manufacturers are currently testing the new engine.生产厂家目前正在试验这种新的引擎。
They tested her blood for signs of the infection.他们验了她的血，看是否有感染的迹象。
[ T ]
to do a medical examination of part of someone's body or of a particular physical ability: 检查（身体）
This exercise tests your reflexes.
I had my eyes tested.
[ I ]
to produce a particular result when tested, for example in a medical or other scientific test:
When they were given a test for HIV, none of the patients tested positive for it.
The cyclist tested negative for banned substances throughout his career.
The houses tested high for radon gas.
During the busy summer beach season, when thousands of people crowd the beach, the water has always tested clean.
B1[ T ]
to give someone a set of questions, in order to measure their knowledge or ability: 测验，测试;考查;考试
Will you test me on the chemistry I've been learning?你要考一考我一直在学的化学吗？
Pupils are tested every half-term.
[ I ]mainly US
to perform in a particular way when answering a set of questions:
Nearly 90 percent of the school's eighth-graders tested proficient in math and reading last year.
He tested well and was put on the waiting list for a scholarship.
[ I ]
to be judged in a particular way when used somewhere or shown to someone:
The show tested well with viewers of all ages.
He said that none of the proposed voting systems had tested well in Ohio.
The original script was abandoned when it tested badly.
B2[ T ]
If a situation tests someone, it proves how good, strong, etc. they are: 考验
You will face a series of physical challenges that will test even the fittest and most determined.
That lecture really tested my powers of endurance, it was so boring.那个讲座简直是在考验我的忍耐力，实在太枯燥了。
The fire alarm is tested every week.
The drug is still being tested and will not go into commercial production for at least two years.这种药物仍处于试验阶段，至少两年内还不会投入商业生产。
You need to have your eyesight tested.你得去查查视力。
This piece of equipment is used to test alcohol levels in the blood.
They test the car tyres on a motor racing circuit.他们在环形赛车道上测试轮胎。
She was banned after testing positive for steroids.
The children were not allowed to attend school until they had tested negative for pertussis.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Testing, checking and experimenting
artefact
as an experiment
assay
background check
blood draw
experiment station
experimental
experimentally
experimentation
experimenter
put out feelersidiom
put someone/something through their/its pacesidiom
put something to the testidiom
recheck
reinspect
try something out
uncheckable
untestable
untested
welfare check

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Questioning people & asking questions in general
Proving and disproving

Idioms

test the keeper

test the water(s)

Phrasal verb

test something out

test | American Dictionary

test
noun[ C ]
us/test/
a set of questions or practical activities that show what someone knows or what someone or something can do or is like:
a spelling test
A test is also a medical examination of part of your body or of something from your body:
an eye test
a DNA test
A test is also an act of using something to find out whether it is working correctly or how effective it is:
a safety test

Idiom

stand the test of time
test
verb[ T ]
us/test/
to use a set of questions or practical activities to measure someone's knowledge and ability:
Multiple-choice questions tested the students’ knowledge.
To test something is to use it in order to find out whether it is working correctly or how effective it is:
We test every component we make.
To test people or things can also be to present them with a situation which shows how good they are at dealing with difficulties:
His generation was tested by a world war.

Idiom

test the water(s)

test | Business English

test
noun[ C ]
uk /test/us
a set of questions or practical activities that are used to measure what someone or something can do or how much someone knows about something:
The tests showed I had excellent spatial awareness.
do/sit/take a testWe have to take a test to get a real-estate broker's license.
pass/fail a testNew agents have to complete an online training course and pass a test.
an act of doing something in order to discover if something is safe, works correctly, etc., or if something is present:
pass/fail a testThe minivans all failed the safety tests.
a test for sthThe material passed rigid tests for flammability.
a test on sthThe tests on the toys found that they had dangerously high lead levels.
If tests show infection, computer users can try anti-virus software.
a situation that shows how good, strong, etc. someone or something is:
The ultimate test of a successful negotiation is when the agreement reached is implemented to the satisfaction of both parties.
The true test of a CEO comes during difficult times.
put sb/sth to the test
to find out or show how good someone or something is:
This new project will really put her to the test.

Examples of test

test
A quick-basic program was written to perform these tests, and was checked by comparison with hand calculations.
In 1997, a rice crop was grown without any treatment application to test for residual effects.
Note that even if we rely on purely structural tests, this is a problem.
With bilingual pupils, the results of this quasimedical use of intelligence tests are exceedingly harmful.
The tone tests reinforced an aesthetic determined by technological reproduction.
The enforcement of such regulations may be difficult where monitoring is poor or testing is accessed from foreign jurisdictions.
It is clear that some quite abstract robot representations have usefully tested some quite specific biological hypotheses.
Table 3 also reports a test of the significance of the differences between the unadjusted and adjusted values.
The parent who requests a label does not ask to be enlightened, but to test and reinforce the child's lexicon.
This test did not reject the hypothesis of orthogonality so the estimation was done through a random effects model rather than a fixed effects model.
A small test flash was first used to center the stimulus over the receptive field by manually moving it to elicit a maximum response.
For each of the two subexperiments, the receptive tests took place 2 weeks later.
Two simple tests for multicollinearity are: (i) regress each independent variable on the remaining independent variables.
This test contains 120 questions in which some words or suffixes had been removed.
They were told to press one button if the target and test word corresponded and another one if they did not.
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Collocations withtest

test

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atomic test
It details how highly radioactive cobalt-60 pellets were scattered over the range after a 1957 atomic test, and were later collected and buried.
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balancing test
Instead, he offers a more sophisticated balancingtest that is designed to criminalize offense more sparingly.
benchmark test
For a typical benchmarktest example, a rapidly stable numerical solution is achieved using the parameter free procedures in less than 10 iterations.
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Idiom

Idioms

Phrasal verb

test | American Dictionary

Idiom

Idiom

test | Business English

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