census

noun

1. a periodic count of the population

Synonym: nose countnosecount

verb

1. conduct a census

e.g. They censused the deer in the forest

1. 人口普查
A census is an official survey of the population of a country that is carried out in order to find out how many people live there and to obtain details of such things as people's ages and jobs.

1. 人口普查：美术本尼迪克特.安德森(Benedict Anderson)在讨论「想象的社区」(imagined communities)的时候指出,人口普查(census)、地图(map)和博物馆(museum),是三项最能体现殖民者权力和想象的机制(163-164).

2. census的解释

2. 普查：(一)普查 普查(census)是指在特定的时点或时间、特定的范围内的全部人群(总体)均为研究对象的调查. 这个特定的时间应该短,应考虑疾病病情不在调查时间内发生很大的变化. 在血吸虫病的调查中,慢性血吸虫病和晚期血吸虫病患病率在特定人群中短期内变化不大,