Examination

(noun.) the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes).

(noun.) the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned.

(noun.) a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; 'when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions'.

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• Erringly and strangely she began the task of self-examination with self-condemnation. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I must explain to you, Mr. Holmes, that to-morrow is the first day of the examination for the Fortescue Scholarship. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Having discovered this relation, which requires no farther examination, I am curious to find some other of their qualities. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• A cursory examination of the latter revealed no mortal injuries and after a brief rest he asserted that he felt fit to attempt the return voyage. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• An examination of his betting-book shows that bets to the amount of five thousand pounds had been registered by him against the favorite. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• He has been idling all this term, and he must look forward with dread to the examination. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• And the rigid examination system that killed all intellectual initiatives has been destroyed. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• And now I made a very careful examination of the corner of paper which the Inspector had submitted to us. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Much of this early Turkish material still awaits examination. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In good time you are sure to pass a creditable examination and become one of us. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• This he opened and made a very careful examination of the sill with his powerful magnifying lens. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• I gave him a little brandy and left him collapsed in a chair, while I made a most careful examination of the room. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Edison was intolerant of sham and shoddy, and nothing would satisfy him that could not stand cross-examination by microscope, test-tube, and galvanometer. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• After a long examination I discovered what it was--the shadowy soldiers were all Germans! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Shortly after, the petition of the Massachusetts Assembly was taken up for examination before the privy council. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Able men who have passed their examinations will do these things sometimes, not less than the plucked Fred. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Terrible and inhuman were his examinations into every detail; there was no privacy he would spare, no old sentiment but he would turn it over. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• I can establish a good private school for farmers' sons, and without stopping the school I can manage to pass examinations. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• At last all the examinations were passed, and the members of the class were called upon to record their choice of arms of service and regiments. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Generals Ord, Wright, and Parke made examinations in their fronts to determine the feasibility of an assault on the enemy's lines. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The natural ph?nomena that take place every day before our eyes did not escape my examinations. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• The two years following were devoted largely to surveys, examinations and preliminary work. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The emperors and dynasties might come and go; the mandarins, the examinations, the classics, and the traditions and habitual life remained. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The examinations were for the most part mere _viva voce_ ceremonies. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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