单词	appraise
释义	appraiseap‧praise /əˈpreɪz/ verb [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINappraise Origin: 1400-1500 Old French aprisier, from prisier ‘to value’; influenced by praise Verb Table VERB TABLE appraise Simple Form Present I, you, we, they appraise he, she, it appraises Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they appraised Present perfect I, you, we, they have appraised he, she, it has appraised Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had appraised Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will appraise Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have appraised Continuous Form Present I am appraising he, she, it is appraising you, we, they are appraising Past I, he, she, it was appraising you, we, they were appraising Present perfect I, you, we, they have been appraising he, she, it has been appraising Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been appraising Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be appraising Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been appraising Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Cautiously, I began appraising Gloria. In order to judge the impact of fetal masculinization on men, it is useful to appraise its effect on the female. Or they might have the cards appraised. Over the last 20 years the Church has begun to appraise itself. Tait stroked his beard again with long, elegant fingers, appraising her with colourless eyes. Therefore, appraise it in terms of the five fundamental factors and make comparisons of the seven elements later named. Thesaurus THESAURUS► judge to form an opinion about someone or something, using your knowledge, experience, and intelligence: · He will judge whether the project has been a success.· It’s difficult to judge how long the work will take. ► assess to judge how good, bad, successful etc someone or something is, especially by using a fixed set of standards. Assess is often used about measuring students’ abilities and performance: · Are tests and exams the best way to assess students’ progress?· The insurance company will send someone to assess the damage. ► evaluate to judge how good, bad, successful etc someone or something is, especially by carefully examining all the information about them. Evaluate is often used about the work of people doing research: · The data from the study is still being evaluated.· The test is used to evaluate the effects of pesticides on domestic bees. ► gauge (also gage American English) formal to judge people’s opinions or feelings about something, or to measure the effect, importance etc of something. Gauge is often used when talking about getting a general idea of what something is like: · A meeting was arranged in order to gauge the opinions of pupils, parents and teachers.· It' s too early to gauge the impact of the oil price rises on people’s spending.· Without further information it is impossible to gauge the full extent of the problem. ► appraise formal to judge how successful, effective etc someone or something is, especially by comparing their good and bad points: · Twice a year, managers appraise the performance of employees.· This research aims to appraise the effectiveness of different kinds of public sector financial assistance.· On what basis will a teacher be appraised? 1formal to officially judge how successful, effective, or valuable something is SYN  evaluate:  Greenpeace has been invited to appraise the environmental costs of such an operation.2literary to look carefully at someone or something to make an opinion about them:  His eyes appraised her face.
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