a small amount or example of sth that can be looked at or tried to see what it is like 样品；货样◆They are giving away free samples of shampoo in supermarkets. 他们正在超市免费发放洗发剂样品。◆a book of fabric samples 布料样品册◆The website has useful sample letters and emails. 这家网站收录实用的信函和电子邮件样板。⨁to give away / offer / provide a sample 发放／给予／提供样品⨁a fabric / product sample 布料／产品样本
() a number of people or things taken from a larger group and used in tests to provide information about the group （抽查的）样本◆We did a telephone survey of a random sample of 1 000 workers. 我们对 1 000 名工人进行了随机抽样电话调查。◆The drug was tested on a sample group of 24 people. 这种药品在样本组的 24 人身上作了测试。⨁a large / random / representative / small sample 大／随机／代表性／小样本⨁to recruit / survey / use a sample 徵集／调查／采用样本
() a small amount of a product that is looked at or tested in order to see what the rest is like 产品样品◆A sample of parts are inspected for quality. 零部件的样品要进行检验以确保质量。◆A sample taken from the plant tested positive for the bacteria. 从这家工厂取得的样品细菌化验结果呈阳性。⨁to analyse / collect / provide / test a sample 分析／搜集／提供／测试样品