sample

英 ['sɑ?mp(?)l] 美['s?mpl]

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復(fù)數(shù):?samples;第三人稱單數(shù):?samples;過去式:?sampled;過去分詞:?sampled;現(xiàn)在分詞:?sampling;

1. 蛇豐富到一定程度。
2. s(蛇) + ample(充足) => 蛇很多，可以用來做sample.

sample 樣本，抽樣，取樣

來自盎格魯法語 saumple,縮寫自古法語 essample,異化自拉丁語 exemplum,樣本，詞源同 example.引申詞義抽樣，取樣等。

sample: sample: see example
sample (n.): c. 1300, "something which confirms a proposition or statement," from Anglo-French saumple, a shortening of Old French essample, from Latin exemplum "a sample" (see example). Meaning "small quantity (of something) from which the general quality (of the whole) may be inferred" (usually in a commercial sense) is recorded from early 15c.; sense of "specimen for scientific sampling" is from 1878. As an adjective from 1820.
sample (v.): "to test by taking a sample," 1767, from sample (n.). Earlier "to be a match for" (1590s). Related: Sampled; sampling.

1. These figures were often spuriously computed by selecting particularly favorable sample groups.: 這些數(shù)字往往是用錯(cuò)誤的方法計(jì)算出來的，所用的都是特別挑選出來的對(duì)自己有利的樣本組。

2. The sample was selected from the medical records of two general practices.: 樣本選自兩個(gè)全科診所的病歷檔案。

4. 60 percent of the sample answered negatively.: 抽樣調(diào)查中60％的接受調(diào)查者作出了否定回答。