Test

(noun.) the act of testing something; 'in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately'; 'he called each flip of the coin a new trial'.

(noun.) the act of undergoing testing; 'he survived the great test of battle'; 'candidates must compete in a trial of skill'.

(noun.) any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc; 'the test was standardized on a large sample of students'.

(noun.) a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins.

(verb.) undergo a test; 'She doesn't test well'.

(verb.) determine the presence or properties of (a substance).

(verb.) achieve a certain score or rating on a test; 'She tested high on the LSAT and was admitted to all the good law schools'.

(verb.) put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; 'This approach has been tried with good results'; 'Test this recipe'.

(verb.) show a certain characteristic when tested; 'He tested positive for HIV'.

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• For the easy expression of public opinion in government is a clue to what services are needed and a test of their success. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• We have applied this test to three general aims: Development according to nature, social efficiency, and culture or personal mental enrichment. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The test for the cows was likewise successful. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• In 1771 the issue came to a conclusive test in Britain before Lord Mansfield. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Then it is that theory is put to the test. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Instead of applying the test of human need, they apply a verbal and logical consistency. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• In every case the second test proved that he was right. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I have proved you in that time by sundry tests: and what have I seen and elicited? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Tests on a considerable scale were made by order of the naval authorities. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Only application tests them, and only testing confers full meaning and a sense of their reality. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Tests are about to be made under special appropriation of Congress, and if its claim can be substantiated, it may become the most destructive engine of warfare known. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• While he was engaged on these tests Colonel Gouraud came down one night to visit him at the lonely works, spent a vigil with him, and toward morning wanted coffee. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• From the tabulated results of hundreds of tests there were selected three that showed the best results. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• His work and tests regarding magnetism were repeated later on by Hopkinson and Kapp, who then elucidated the whole theory mathematically by means of formulae and constants. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• But this theory can be tested by experiment. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• The final operation in the motor assembly line is the block test, where the motor is inspected and tested before being assembled into the chassis. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Quite true,' added Mr Boffin; 'and I tested Venus by making him a pretended proposal or two; and I found him on the whole a very honest man, Wegg. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The Edison system of lighting was as beautifully conceived down to the very details, and as thoroughly worked out as if it had been tested for decades in various towns. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Education is the laboratory in which philosophic distinctions become concrete and are tested. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• In every case that can be tested, it is found that a north pole repels a north pole, and a south pole repels a south pole; but that a north and a south pole always attract each other. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Tumbled together on the table are some pieces of iron, purposely broken to be tested at various periods of their service, in various capacities. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Only application tests them, and only testing confers full meaning and a sense of their reality. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Then began the long months of testing platinum wire. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• During all these years from 1831 to 1844 Mr. McCormick was diligently at work changing, testing and experimenting. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• He was seated at this bench testing, figuring, and planning. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• In testing the recipes follow the directions with rigid care, and practice on a small quantity of the article until you get it right. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• In testing dynamos at Goerck Street we had a long flat belt running parallel with the floor, about four inches above it, and travelling four thousand feet a minute. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Consequently the testing and sifting function of education only shows to which one of three classes an individual belongs. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.

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