survey: [15] To survey something is etymologically to ‘oversee’ it. The word comes via Anglo-Norman surveier from medieval Latin supervidēre, a compound verb formed from the prefix super- ‘over’ and vidēre ‘see’ (source of English view, vision, etc). => view, vision
survey (v.)
c. 1400, "to consider, contemplate," from Anglo-French surveier, Old French sorveoir "look (down) at, look upon, notice; guard, watch," from Medieval Latin supervidere "oversee" (see supervise). Meaning "examine the condition of" is from mid-15c. That of "to take linear measurements of a tract of ground" is recorded from 1540s. Related: Surveyed; surveying; surveyance (late 14c.).
survey (n.)
late 15c., survei, "oversight, supervision," from survey (v.). The meaning "act of viewing in detail" is from 1540s. Meaning "systematic collection of data on opinions, etc." is attested from 1927.
例文
1. Its own estimate of three hundred tallies with that of another survey .
その推定数300は、別の調査の結果と一致している。
2.Scarborough Council commissioned geological experts earlier this year to survey the clifs.
スカパー市政は今年初め、地質専門家にこれらの崖の探査を依頼する。
3.Our survey revealed that these allergies were mainly one-off.
我々の調査によると、これらのアレルギーの多くは使い捨て反応である。
4.A survey of 57 hospitals by Newchurch，a consultancy，reveals striking improvements.
ニューチャーチというコンサルティング会社が57病院に対して行った調査で改善が明らかになった。
5.Peter Ward is a seismologist with the US Geological Survey .