exam

noun

1. （笔头、口头或操作）考试
   a formal written, spoken or practical test, especially at school or college, to see how much you know about a subject, or what you can do
   1. to take an exam
      参加考试
   2. to pass/fail an exam
      考试合格 / 不合格
   3. an exam paper
      试卷
   4. I got my exam results today.
      我今天得到了考试成绩。
   5. A lot of students suffer from exam nerves .
      许多学生考试怯阵。
   6. I hate doing exams .
      我讨厌参加考试。
   7. to sit an exam
      参加考试
   8. to mark an exam
      阅卷评分
   9. to grade an exam
      阅卷评分
   10. She did well in her exams .
       她考试考得好。
   11. She did well on her exams .
       她考试考得好。
2. （对身体特定部位进行的）检查；体检
   a medical test of a particular part of the body
   1. an eye exam
      眼睛检查

1. N-COUNT 考试
   An exam is a formal test that you take to show your knowledge or ability in a particular subject, or to obtain a qualification.
   1. I don't want to take any more exams...
      我再也不想参加考试了。
   2. Kate's exam results were excellent.
      凯特的考试成绩非常优秀。
2. 体检；医学检查
   If you have a medical exam, a doctor looks at your body, feels it, or does simple tests in order to check how healthy you are.

Note that to pass an exam always means to succeed in it. If you do not pass an exam, you fail it. If you simply do an exam or take part in it, you can say that you take the exam, or, in British English, that you sit the exam.
注意，考试及格用pass an exam。考试不及格用fail。参加考试用take the exam，英国英语用sit the exam。

1. Write a note to my prof and tell him why I missed an exam this morning.
   给我的教授写一封短信，告诉他我为什么没有参加今天上午的考试。
2. The raw exam results make no allowance for social background.
   原始的考试成绩是不受社会背景影响的。
3. I never went through a final exam that was as difficult as that one
   我从来没有碰到过像那次那么难的期末考试。
4. Teachers know that low exam results will reflect badly on them
   老师知道考试成绩不好将对他们不利。
5. An exam, or even an exciting social event may produce butterflies in the stomach.
   一场考试，甚至是一次令人兴奋的社会活动，都有可能让人心里发慌。
6. She was cramming for her Economics exam
   她正在为应付经济学考试临阵磨枪。
7. He had been caught cribbing in an exam.
   他在考试中作弊被抓。
8. Kate's exam results were excellent.
   凯特的考试成绩非常优秀。
9. Your son is upset because he flunked a history exam.
   你儿子心烦意乱是因为没有通过历史考试。
10. They had finished the exam and the teacher was hustling to get the papers gathered up.
    他们已经考完试了，老师正在赶紧收卷子。
11. She finished the exam paper.
    她答完了考卷。
12. Schools were told their exam information had to be spot-on and accurate.
    各学校接到通知，要求考试信息必须准确无误。
13. It's a bit like the exam syndrome where you write down everything you know regardless of what has been asked
    不论问题是什么就把所知道的统统写上，这有些像典型的考试心理。
14. Liam surprised his tutors by twice failing a second year exam.
    利亚姆两次都没能通过大二的一门考试，这让他的导师们很吃惊。
15. These exam results are way above average
    这些考试成绩远高于平均水平。
16. Learners may have to take a written exam before they pass their driving test
    学员在通过驾照考试前可能得参加笔试。
17. He hadn't studied hard so that he failed in the exam.
    他平时学习不努力，以致（于）考试不及格。
18. Only a few students passed the exam, so you can see that the paper must have been extremely stiff.
    只有几个学生通过了考试，可见考题是很难的。
19. His exam results were good.
    他的测验成绩不错。
20. Although he worked hard, he failed in the exam.
    虽然他很努力，但他考试没有及格。
21. All the above have passed the exam.
    以上各人都通过了考试。
22. I promised the child to take him to the seaside if he did well in the exam.
    我给孩子许了愿，要是他这次考好了带他去海边玩。
23. Did you get through the maths exam?
    你数学考试及格了吗？
24. He simply sailed through the difficult exam.
    他轻而易举地通过了这次困难的考试。
25. As the final exam is approaching, the students are busy getting up mathematics and physics.
    因为快期末考试了，学生们正忙着准备数学和物理。
26. He said he had passed the exam.
    他说他考试及格了。
27. The exam questions were leaked out.
    试题漏泄了。
28. Although he failed in the exam, he was not so sad because he had endeavoured.
    虽然他考试没及格，但他并不太伤心，因为他已尽力了。
29. He failed the exam.
    这次考试他可做瘪子了。

noun

1. a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge
   1. when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions

   Synonym:    examinationtest