【census】 - A-level备考词汇

census

UK:  ['sensəs]

US:  ['sensəs]

复数：censuses  

n.

1.人口普查

2.牲畜头数普查

3.〔心〕种群普查

4.人口调查

5.(调查获得的)统计数字

6.种群调查

7.交通动量调查

8.人口[户口,国情]普查;【生物学】种群普查;调查

v.

1.调查(某地区等的)人口数字;统计…的数字

1 . If you've got a cellphone and a good pair of ears, you can help with the first-ever comprehensive cricket census of New York City.
如果你有一部手机和一对好使的耳朵，你就可以帮助纽约科学家进行第一次全面的蟋蟀普查。

2 . The Census of Marine Life has found a new species of squat lobster off the southwestern coast of Australia.
此次海洋生物普查在澳大利亚西南海域中发现了一种新的东方扁虾。

3 . So he moved, married, and, with his wife, had a baby girl who was counted on the last census as black, white and Asian.
结婚后，和妻子女儿一起生活。他的小女儿在最后一次人口普查中被认为是黑人、白人和亚裔的混血。

4 . Staff working for the Census of Marine Life said the diversity of life in the deep sea was much greater than previously believed.
海洋生物统计局的工作人员称，深海生物的多样性远远高于此前估计。

5 . Biti said he has allocated enough money for a census next year, as well as a referendum for a new constitution which is still being drafted.
比提说，他已经分配了足够的钱用于明年的人口普查和就一部新宪法举行的全民公决，这份新宪法仍在起草之中。