sample的意思

sample

英式音标['sæmpl]
美式英标['sɑːmp(ə)l]

基本解释

vt. 取样；尝试；抽样检查

n. 样品；样本；例子

adj. 试样的，样品的；作为例子的

n. (Sample)人名；(英)桑普尔

sample 样本，抽样，取样

来自盎格鲁法语 saumple,缩写自古法语 essample,异化自拉丁语 exemplum,样本，词源同 example.引申词义抽样，取样等。

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.: 这些数字往往是用错误的方法计算出来的，所用的都是特别挑选出来的对自己有利的样本组。

2. The sample was selected from the medical records of two general practices.: 样本选自两个全科诊所的病历档案。