evaluate
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++e·val·u·ate /ɪˈvæljueɪt/ ●○○ AWL verb [transitive] JUDGEto judge how good, useful, or successful something is 评估，评价 SYN assess You should be able to evaluate your own work. 你应该能够评估自己的工作。 We need to evaluate the success of the campaign. 我们要评估一下这次运动是否成功。 It can be difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of different treatments. 要对各种治疗方法的效果作出评估会很难。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
evaluate• No such margin exists for health care provision, however, much of which has never been scientifically evaluated.• Your work will be evaluated by members of the management team.• Her office has directed department heads to evaluate expenses and hold off spending whenever possible.• The new drug is being evaluated in clinical trials.• There is a growing demand for the development of methodology to evaluate nutrition and dietetic programs.• The police force should not evaluate officers' performance in terms of the number of arrests they make.• Each community has created industry-led committees that can help set policy and evaluate progress.• And setting targets and measuring sticks to evaluate projects would definitely increase efficiency if done properly.• There was not enough time to evaluate the information before the meeting.• This involves planning the intervention and evaluating the outcome.From Longman Business Dictionaryevaluatee‧val‧u‧ate /ɪˈvæljueɪt/ verb [transitive] to carefully consider something to see how useful or valuable it isWe need to evaluate the success of our last marketing campaign. —evaluation noun [countable, uncountable]the development and evaluation of new productsWe need to carry out a proper evaluation of the new system.According to his performance evaluation, his work was always satisfactory.There are many people who think that job evaluation is unnecessary.→ See Verb tableOrigin evaluate (1800-1900) evaluatione·val·u·ate verbChineseSyllable
Corpus how successful judge or something Business to useful, is good,
evaluate
e‧val‧u‧ate AC /ɪˈvæljueɪt/
verb [transitive]
SYN assess:
You should be able to evaluate your own work.
We need to evaluate the success of the campaign.
It can be difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of different treatments.
▪ 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?
e‧val‧u‧ate AC /ɪˈvæljueɪt/
verb [transitive] Date: 1800-1900
Origin: evaluation
to judge how good, useful, or successful something is Origin: evaluation
SYN assess:
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