exams

英 [ɪgˈzæmz]

美 [ɪgˈzæmz]

n.  (笔头、口头或操作)考试; (对身体特定部位进行的)检查; 体检
exam的复数

IELTS

牛津词典

• exam为常用词，指学校的笔试、口试或操作考试，尤指为取得学历必须参加的重要考试。examination是很正式的词。test是指除正规考试外，对学生所学知识的测验，有时也取代正规考试。在北美英语中非正规的小测验称为quiz；在北美英语和英国英语中quiz亦指问答竞赛：
  Exam is the usual word for a written, spoken or practical test at school or college, especially an important one that you need to do in order to get a qualification. Examination is a very formal word. A test is something that students might be given in addition to, or sometimes instead of, regular exams, to see how much they have learned. A very short informal test is called a quiz in NAmE . Quiz in both NAmE and BrE also means a contest in which people try to answer questions.
  1. a trivia quiz
     百科问答竞赛
  2. a quiz show
     问答竞赛节目

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 考试
  Anexamis a formal test that you take to show your knowledge or ability in a particular subject, or to obtain a qualification.
  1. I don't want to take any more exams...
     我再也不想参加考试了。
  2. Kate's exam results were excellent.
     凯特的考试成绩非常优秀。
• 体检；医学检查
  If you have a medicalexam, a doctor looks at your body, feels it, or does simple tests in order to check how healthy you are.

Note that topassan exam always means to succeed in it. If you do not pass an exam, youfailit. If you simply do an exam or take part in it, you can say that youtakethe exam, or, in British English, that yousitthe exam.
注意，考试及格用pass an exam。考试不及格用fail。参加考试用take the exam，英国英语用sit the exam。

双语例句

• The education system there is characterized by an emphasis on success in exams.
  那里的教育制度以强调考试成绩为特征。
• All Singaporeans have to pass exams in the official language of their ethnic group as well as English.
  所有新加坡人都必须通过他们自己民族的官方语言及英语的考试。
• He failed two courses in the final exams.
  期末考试他两门课亮了红灯。
• He had not performed well in his exams
  他考试没考好。
• Reviewing for exams gives you a chance to bring together all the individual parts of the course
  考前复习让你有机会把一门课程所有零碎的知识都融会贯通。
• The student reported to his parents on his exams: five down and two to go.
  那个学生向他父母汇报考试情况：已考完五科，还剩两科。
• He's been cramming for his exams all week.
  他整个星期都一直在拼命准备应考。
• The exams came, almost an anticlimax after the build-up that the students had given them.
  在学生们一番忙碌准备之后，随之而来的考试却出乎意料地平淡。
• Next summer's exams would be straightforward to administer and mark.
  明年夏天的考试在执行和评分上都将很简单。
• They realise that passing exams is no longer enough to gain a place at university
  他们认识到现在仅仅是考试通过，并不能确保进入大学。