to try a small amount of sth to see what it is like; to experience sth for a short time to see what it is like 取样；抽样◆Shoppers were sampling the perfumes. 购物者在试闻各种香水。◆You can sample the service for two weeks. 这项服务你可以体验两周。
to question a group of people in order to find information about a larger group 抽样调查◆12% of the people sampled said they would be interested in the service. 在抽样调查的人中有 12% 称会对这项服务感兴趣。
() to test a single item or a small amount of a product in order to see what the rest is like 抽样测试◆10 of the 29 sampled products failed one or more standard quality tests. 抽样测试的 29 个样品中有 10 个没有通过一项或多项质量测试。