examination

英 [ɪg,zæmɪ'neɪʃ(ə)n; eg-] 美[ɪg'zæmə'neʃən]

• n. 考试；检查；查问

1. the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)

2. a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge;

"when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions"

3. formal systematic questioning

4. examination of conscience (as done daily by Jesuits)

5. the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned