verb [vt. 及物动词] 查看,审视;调查;概述;测量;鉴定;做民意调查(survey 的现在分词)
After surveying every option, a person is more acutely aware of the opportunities they had to turn down to pursue just one career. 在调查了每一种选择之后,一个人会更加敏锐地意识到,为了追求一种职业,他们不得不放弃一些机会。
noun [具体名词] (土地)测量
They are surveying the land before it is divided into house lots. 他们要在土地被分割为住宅用地前先勘察这块土地.