| 单词 | sample |
| 释义 | sample sample /; AmE / noun, verb
■ noun [C]
RANDOM SAMPLE, SALE BY SAMPLE
1 a small amount or example of sth that can be looked at or tried to see what it is like: They are giving away free samples of shampoo in supermarkets. a book of fabric samples The website has useful sample letters and emails.
❖ to give away/offer/provide a sample ◆ a fabric/product sample
2 (Technical ) a number of people or things taken from a larger group and used in tests to provide information about the group: We did a telephone survey of a random sample of 1 000 workers. The drug was tested on a sample group of 24 people.
a large/random/representative/small sample ◆ to recruit/survey/use a sample
3 (Technical ) a small amount of a product that is looked at or tested in order to see what the rest is like: A sample of parts are inspected for quality. A sample taken from the plant tested positive for the bacteria.
❖ to analyse/collect/provide/test a sample
■ verb [+ obj]
1 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: Shoppers were sampling the perfumes. You can sample the service for two weeks. The company hopes that the event will give shoppers the opportunity to sample its wares.
2 to question a group of people in order to find information about a larger group: 12% of the people sampled said they would be interested in the service.
3 (Technical ) to test a single item or a small amount of a product in order to see what the rest is like: 10 of the 29 sampled products failed one or more standard quality tests. |
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