census

英 ['sens?s] 美['s?ns?s]

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復數:?censuses;

1. censor => census.
2. cens- + us 對我們大家都進行審查就是人口普查。

census 民意調查

來自PIE*kens, 莊嚴的宣布，通知，評估，檢查。最早來自古羅馬氏族社會時期依據個人的財產，地位，收入等進行公民社會等級劃分，第一任審查官為公元前6世紀古羅馬帶有傳奇色彩的偉大首領Servius Tullius。更多參照class詞源。

census: census: see excise
census (n.): 1610s, from Latin census "the enrollment of the names and property assessments of all Roman citizens," originally past participle of censere "to assess" (see censor (n.)). The modern census begins in the U.S., 1790., and Revolutionary France. Property for taxation was the primary purpose in Rome, hence Latin census also was used for "one's wealth, one's worth, wealthiness."

1. Of these, 40% told census-takers they were Muslims.: 這些人當中，有40%的人告訴人口普查員說自己是穆斯林。

3. A new pet census showed that cats now outnumber dogs by a whisker (7 million to 6.9 million).: 新的寵物普查顯示出貓的數量略微超過了狗的數量（700萬比690萬）。

4. One authority made a census of the spiders in a grass field in the south of England, and he estimated that there were more than 2,250,000 in one acre.: 一位權威對英國南方一塊草坪上的蜘蛛作過統計, 他估計每英畝有2,250,000多只蜘蛛.

5. The census is taken one time every four years in our country.: 我國每四年一次人口普查。