| 单词 | assess |
| 释义 | assess (once / 460 pages) v Before you try to sell your car, you should ask an expert to assess its value––once you know what it's worth, it's easier to find a fair price. When you assess a matter, you make a judgment about it. The verb assess has the general meaning of determining the importance or value of something. It also has a few specialized uses having to do with amounts of money, such as fines, fees, and taxes. It can mean to set the value of property for purposes of taxation, or to charge a person or business a tax or fee. This verb came through French from Latin assidēre "to sit as a judge." WORD FAMILYassess: assessable, assessed, assesses, assessing, assessment, assessor, reassess+/assessment: assessments/assessor: assessors/reassess: reassessed, reassesses, reassessing, reassessment/reassessment: reassessments USAGE EXAMPLESBarker believes it’s time to assess how much it would cost to engage more men. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) After assessing the damage, airport authorities announce that departing flights will be delayed an average of four months, nearly twice as long as usual. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) DeAngelo was assessed a game misconduct for abuse of officials. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1v evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of Syn|Hypo|Hyper appraise, evaluate, measure, valuate, value grade, mark, score assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation rate, valueestimate the value of standardise, standardizeevaluate by comparing with a standard reassess, reevaluaterevise or renew one's assessment censorsubject to political, religious, or moral censorship praiseexpress approval of blue-pencil, delete, editcut or eliminate revaluevalue anew trollpraise or celebrate in song saluteexpress commendation of applaudexpress approval of exalt, extol, glorify, laud, proclaimpraise, glorify, or honor blandish, flatterpraise somewhat dishonestly eulogise, eulogizepraise formally and eloquently compliment, congratulatesay something to someone that expresses praise gush, ravepraise enthusiastically commendexpress approval of commend, recommendexpress a good opinion of advertise, advertize, promote, pushmake publicity for; try to sell (a product) puff, puff uppraise extravagantly sonnetpraise in a sonnet evaluate, judge, pass judgment form a critical opinion of 2v estimate the value of (property) for taxation Our house hasn't been assessed in years Syn|Hyper appraise, evaluate, measure, valuate, value evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of approximate, estimate, gauge, guess, judge judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) 3v set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine) Syn|Hyper tax determine, set fix conclusively or authoritatively 4v charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine Syn|Hyper tax set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine) bill, charge demand payment |
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