exams

英 [ɪgˈzæmz] 美 [ɪgˈzæmz]

n.  (笔头、口头或操作)考试; (对身体特定部位进行的)检查; 体检
exam的复数

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牛津词典

  1. exam为常用词,指学校的笔试、口试或操作考试,尤指为取得学历必须参加的重要考试。examination是很正式的词。test是指除正规考试外,对学生所学知识的测验,有时也取代正规考试。在北美英语中非正规的小测验称为quiz;在北美英语和英国英语中quiz亦指问答竞赛:
    Exam is the usual word for a written, spoken or practical test at school or college, especially an important one that you need to do in order to get a qualification. Examination is a very formal word. A test is something that students might be given in addition to, or sometimes instead of, regular exams, to see how much they have learned. A very short informal test is called a quiz in NAmE . Quiz in both NAmE and BrE also means a contest in which people try to answer questions.
    1. a trivia quiz
      百科问答竞赛
    2. a quiz show
      问答竞赛节目

柯林斯词典

  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.
    1. 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。


    双语例句

    1. All Singaporeans have to pass exams in the official language of their ethnic group as well as English.
      所有新加坡人都必须通过他们自己民族的官方语言及英语的考试。
    2. He's sitting his final exams in accountancy.
      他正参加会计学的期末考试。
    3. Next summer's exams would be straightforward to administer and mark.
      明年夏天的考试在执行和评分上都将很简单。
    4. The exams came, almost an anticlimax after the build-up that the students had given them.
      在学生们一番忙碌准备之后,随之而来的考试却出乎意料地平淡。
    5. Children who take exams early will be allowed to drop a subject except in the case of maths, English and science.
      提早参加考试的孩子们可以免修除数学、英语和科学以外的一门课。
    6. I lived in fear of failing my end-of-term exams.
      我总是担心期末考试不及格。
    7. Students often find that their acne flares up before and during exams.
      学生们经常发现在考前和考试期间他们的粉刺会严重起来。
    8. They realise that passing exams is no longer enough to gain a place at university
      他们认识到现在仅仅是考试通过,并不能确保进入大学。
    9. I've taught sixth formers and invigilated exams.
      我教过六年级学生并监考。
    10. Next door, 200 girls are limbering up for their ballet exams
      隔壁屋里,200名女孩正在为她们的芭蕾考试做热身。
    11. She was doing some last-minute revision for her exams
      她在为考试进行最后的复习。
    12. He had not performed well in his exams
      他考试没考好。
    13. It put her off revising for her exams.
      这影响了她复习备考。
    14. Students should resist the temptation to focus on exams alone
      学生们应当抵制诱惑,集中精力备考。
    15. This year, Jim is resitting the exams he failed
      今年,吉姆将重考没有及格的科目。
    16. Reviewing for exams gives you a chance to bring together all the individual parts of the course
      考前复习让你有机会把一门课程所有零碎的知识都融会贯通。
    17. While she sailed through her maths exams, he struggled
      她顺利地通过数学考试,而他却异常地吃力。
    18. June and July are the traditional months for sitting exams.
      6月和7月是传统的考试月份。
    19. Despite being in the throes of school exams, Tamsin made the long trek from Liverpool.
      虽然还要忙着准备学校的考试,塔姆辛还是完成了从利物浦出发的漫长而艰辛的跋涉。
    20. She was bright, learned languages quickly, and sailed through her exams
      她头脑聪明,学语言学得快,各门考试都顺利地通过。
    21. Penny never got uptight about exams
      彭妮从来不会因为考试而紧张。
    22. Karl was sweating out the results of the college exams.
      卡尔焦急地等待着大学考试的结果。
    23. The student reported to his parents on his exams: five down and two to go.
      那个学生向他父母汇报考试情况:已考完五科,还剩两科。
    24. The education system there is characterized by an emphasis on success in exams.
      那里的教育制度以强调考试成绩为特征。
    25. He failed two courses in the final exams.
      期末考试他两门课亮了红灯。
    26. He's been cramming for his exams all week.
      他整个星期都一直在拼命准备应考。
    27. As graduation day drew near, the students were all anxiously preparing for their final exams.
      毕业前夕,学生们紧张地准备考试。
    28. The exams were getting too close for com-fort.
      这次考试太难了,以致让人不舒服。