学个词Learn a Word 第906期 Census

今天我们要学的词是census¹。 Census, 是人口普查的意思。"The U.S. Census Bureau kicked off its 2010 population count in a remote Alaskan village on Monday," 美国人口普查局星期一在阿拉斯加一个偏远的小村庄正式开始2010年美国人口普查工作。"Census workers will take a week to interview the 650 residents of the village," 人口普查工作人员将用一个星期的时间，对全村650个居民进行访谈。"The official census is mandated² every 10 years by the U.S. Constitution," 根据美国宪法规定，人口普查每十年进行一次。好的，今天我们学习的词是census...

1 census   

n.(官方的)人口调查，人口普查

参考例句：

• A census of population is taken every ten years.人口普查每10年进行一次。
• The census is taken one time every four years in our country.我国每四年一次人口普查。

2 mandated   

adj. 委托统治的

参考例句：

• Mandated desegregation of public schools. 命令解除公立学校中的种族隔离
• Britain was mandated to govern the former colony of German East Africa. 英国受权代管德国在东非的前殖民地。