We’re doing a survey of business travellers. 我们正在对商务旅行者进行一项调查。
这里用的是动词 do 来表示“进行调查”,请问,survey 通常与什么动词搭配,表示“进行调查”之类的意思?
陈老师:
同意两位老师的观点。下面作一个小小的补充,同时附上例句,供参考:
▲carry out
we’re carrying out a market-research survey. 我们正在进行一项市场研究调查。
They carried out a customer satisfaction survey. 他们进行了一项客户满意度的调查。
▲conduct
They’re conducting a survey. 他们正在进行一项调查。
The council conducted a survey of the uses to which farm buildingsare put. 市政会就农场建筑的使用情况进行了调查。
▲do
We’re doing a survey of business travellers. 我们正在对商务旅行者进行一项调查。
The building society will insist that you have a survey done. 建屋互助会将坚持要求你找人做一次查勘。
▲have
He had a survey of the land done before he bought it. 他勘测过这片土地之后才买下来。
▲perform
The survey should be performed by an independent professional. 这项调查应由独立的专业人士进行。
▲take
He called me on the pretext that he was taking a survey, but he wasactually selling stocks. 他打电话给我借口在作调查,但他实际上是在卖股票。
▲undertake
The council undertook a sample survey of primary schools in thecounty. 委员会对该郡小学进行了抽样调查。
付老师:
常见的有 carry out, conduct, do, make 和 undertake。
黎老师:
根据《牛津英语搭配词典》,survey 通常与 carry out, conduct, do, make 和 undertake 等动词搭配,表示“进行调查”、“做调查”、“展开调查”之类的意思。