ascertain

verb

1. 查明；弄清
   to find out the true or correct information about sth
   1. It can be difficult to ascertain the facts.
      可能难以查明事实真相。
   2. I ascertained that the driver was not badly hurt.
      我已查清，驾驶员伤势不重。
   3. It should be ascertained that the plans comply with the law.
      须要弄清楚，这些计划要合法。
   4. The police are trying to ascertain what really happened.
      警方正设法查清到底发生了什么。
   5. Could you ascertain whether she will be coming to the meeting?
      请你弄清楚她来不来开会好吗？
   6. It must be ascertained if the land is still owned by the government.
      必须确定这块土地是否仍属于政府所有。

1. VERB （尤指经过努力后）查明，弄清，确定
   If you ascertain the truth about something, you find out what it is, especially by making a deliberate effort to do so.
   1. Through doing this, the teacher will be able to ascertain the extent to which the child understands what he is reading...
      这样一来，老师就能确定孩子们对他所读的内容理解多少了。
   2. Once they had ascertained that he was not a spy, they agreed to release him...
      一旦确认他并非间谍，他们即同意将他释放。
   3. Take time to ascertain what services your bank is providing, and at what cost.
      花些时间确认一下你的银行会提供什么样的服务，费用是多少。

1. Through doing this, the teacher will be able to ascertain the extent to which the child understands what he is reading
   这样一来，老师就能确定孩子们对他所读的内容理解多少了。
2. Once they had ascertained that he was not a spy, they agreed to release him
   一旦确认他并非间谍，他们即同意将他释放。
3. Take time to ascertain what services your bank is providing, and at what cost.
   花些时间确认一下你的银行会提供什么样的服务，费用是多少。
4. It's difficult to ascertain the coal deposits.
   煤储量很难探明。
5. I want to ascertain what time the train arrives, so that I may get to the station in time to meet my friend.
   我查清火车到达的时间，以便我准时到火车站去接我的朋友。
6. We took these allegations very seriously and we immediately launched a full investigation to ascertain the facts.
   我们非常重视，立即启动了一项全面调查来查明事实。
7. The previous examples capture the additional logs but do not ascertain their relevance.
   前面的范例获取了其他的日志文件，但是并不确定它们之间的相关性。
8. The ESB will ascertain whether this user is authorised to make the request before proceeding.
   ESB将在处理前断言此用户是否得到了进行此请求的授权。
9. These certificates are used to ascertain the trustworthiness of the client system.
   这些证书用于确定客户端系统是否可以信任。
10. Metrics are an aspect of the ability to ascertain project status.
    量度是确定项目状态能力的一个方面。
11. I hope you will ascertain the extent of the damage.
    我希望你去确认损坏的程度。
12. You should also ascertain early on what risk measures are used to gauge this performance.
    你也必须早早确定用何种风险评估系统来衡量投资业绩。
13. Are many factors that can cause insomnia, so treatment of insomnia to ascertain the cause of symptomatic treatment.
    很多种因素可以引起失眠，所以治疗失眠要查明原因，对症治疗。
14. My purpose is to ascertain whether you are interested or not.
    我的目的是要弄清你是否感兴趣。
15. Can you ascertain if there's proloid in his system?
    可否确定他血液中有药物？
16. Can you ascertain who he is?
    你能否查明他是何许人？
17. The police have so far been unable to ascertain the cause of the explosion.
    警方迄今尚未能查明爆炸的原因。
18. They did tests to ascertain the sex of the baby before it was born.
    他们做了一些试验，在产前弄清婴儿的性别。
19. It was easy to ascertain this; but how could he risk the question?
    要确定这一点倒也不难，但他怎么能冒险去问人呢？
20. We would not have risked the negotiations with your governments if we had been able to ascertain other possibilities.
    如果我们可以找到其它的证据的话，我们和你们的政府之间的谈判就不存在风险。
21. Result, ascertain out farmland dream this to come.
    结果，就找到田梦这来了。
22. The coating manufacturer shall be consulted to ascertain the proper cure time and methods.
    需要咨询喷涂厂家确定适当的固化时间和方法。
23. We'll ascertain such matter through joint assessment.
    我们将通过双方共同估算来确定这些东西的价值。
24. But it's important that I ascertain these things.
    但让我知道究竟放生了什么很重要。
25. Designed to find information or ascertain facts.
    意在发现信息或者探知事实。
26. It is too soon to ascertain what effect this wilt have on the environment.
    很难很快确定这会对环境产生什么样的影响。
27. Ascertain or determine by measuring, computing, etc..
    通过测定、计算等来确定或决定。
28. I am simply trying to ascertain the facts of the case.
    我只是想查清这件案子的事实真相。
29. We have written to Christminster to ascertain.
    我们已经写信到基督寺问过了。
30. The court must therefore ascertain the "properlaw" of the contract.
    因此，法院务必查明该契约的准据法。

verb

1. be careful or certain to do something
   1. He verified that the valves were closed
   2. See that the curtains are closed
   3. control the quality of the product

   Synonym:    seecheckinsuresee to itensurecontrolassure

2. learn or discover with certainty

3. establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
   1. find the product of two numbers
   2. The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize

   Synonym:    determinefindfind out

4. find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
   1. I want to see whether she speaks French
   2. See whether it works
   3. find out if he speaks Russian
   4. Check whether the train leaves on time

   Synonym:    determinecheckfind outseewatchlearn