examine

vt. 检查, 调查, 考试
vi. 检查, 调查, 考试
【化】 检验; 检定
【经】 检查, 审查, 验证

名词:examiner 动词过去式:examined 过去分词:examined 现在分词:examining 第三人称单数:examines 形容词:examinable 

ex.am.ine

v.tr.（及物动词）
ex.am.ined,ex.am.in.ing,ex.am.ines


To observe carefully or critically; inspect:
检查，调查：仔细地或挑剔地观察；检查：
例句：
examined the room for clues.
检查房间以寻找线索

To study or analyze:
研究，分析：
例句：
examine a tissue sample under a microscope; examine the structure of a novel; examine one`s own motives.
在显微镜下研究组织细胞的样品；分析一部小说的结构；剖析自己的动机

To test or check the condition or health of:
诊察：观察或检查…的状况或健康：
例句：
examine a patient.
诊察患者

To determine the qualifications, aptitude, or skills of by means of questions or exercises.
考试，测验：通过询问或练习的方式来测定资格、才能或技巧
To question formally, as to elicit facts or information; interrogate:
审问，讯问：为探寻事实或信息而进行的正式审问；审问：
例句：
examine a witness under oath.See Synonyms at ask
讯问立誓的证人参见 ask


来源：
Middle English examinen
中古英语 examinen
from Old French examiner
源自 古法语 examiner
from Latin ex3min3re
源自 拉丁语 ex3min3re
from ex3men [a weighing out]
源自 ex3men [按定量分配]
from exigere [to weigh out] * see exact
源自 exigere [按定量分配] *参见 exact

【引伸】
exam.inable
adj.（形容词）
exam.iner
n.（名词）
<注释>A student who is being examined might prefer at times to deal with a swarm of bees rather than be weighed in the balance once again.The history of the wordexamine involves both phenomena. Examine, first recorded in English in a work composed before 338,goes back to the Latin wordex3min3re, which in turn is derived fromex3men, meaning both .a swarm of bees. and .the apparatus or process of weighing, balance.. Ex3men has these senses because it is formed from the prefixex-, .out of,. and the root .ag-, .to drive, force.. The semantic possibilities of this combination are shown by the senses of the related verbexigere, which meant .to drive out,. .to exact payment,. .to demand,. and .to inquire after or into..The verbex3min3re derived from ex3men has the sense .to swarm. as well as the senses .to weigh, balance,. and .to consider critically..
一个正在考试的学生有时宁愿去对付一群蜜蜂也不愿再一次参加考试。examine 这个词的历史涉及到以上两种现象。 Examine 在英文最早的记录是出现于338年以前的一本书中，回溯到拉丁文中的examinare， 其源自examen， 意思不但包括.蜂群.，还包括.衡量和平衡的程序或装置.。 Examen 具有这些含义是因为它由前缀ex-， 意为.超出.，和词根 ag-， 意为.驱使，强迫.组成的。 这个组合在语义上包含的几种可能被相关动词exigere 的意义表达出来， 它的含义有.赶出.、.要求支付.、.需要.和.问候或调查.。examinare 这个动词源自 examen， 含有.云集.的意思， 同时也有.衡量、平衡.和.吹毛求疵地考虑.等含义