analyse
analyse — verb
1. to look carefully at information, a situation, or how something works, breaking
to look carefully at information, a situation, or how something works, breaking it into smaller parts so that you can understand it better and draw conclusions.
Dr. Patel asked her students to analyse the survey results before next Monday's class.
analyse + noun (data/results)
The coach spent two hours analysing the team's mistakes from Saturday's match.
progressive form: analysing + noun
Fadi tried to analyse why his small bakery kept losing money each winter.
Reviewers carefully analyse every chapter of the novel before giving the prize.
The report was analysed line by line by three senior lawyers in Taipei.
- examine
more general; can mean a quick look as well as deep study
- study
broader and longer-term; covers reading and learning, not only breaking into parts
- evaluate
focuses on judging value or quality after looking carefully
- scrutinise
stresses very close, critical inspection, often for problems
- synthesise
combine separate parts into a whole rather than breaking them apart
- overlook
fail to look at or notice something carefully
文法句型
analyse + noun
analyse + wh-clause
用法筆記
Spelled 'analyse' in British English and 'analyze' in American English; both forms have the same meaning. Subjects are typically people or organisations, and objects are typically information, data, texts, or situations rather than physical materials.
常見錯誤
2. to test a physical material like blood, water, or soil in a laboratory, often by
to test a physical material like blood, water, or soil in a laboratory, often by separating the parts inside it, so that you can find out what chemicals or other things it is made of.
The lab analysed water samples from the river for traces of lead.
analyse + noun + for + noun (target chemical)
Nurse Lin sent the blood to be analysed at the hospital across town.
passive: be analysed
Farmers in Yilan often have their soil analysed before planting rice each spring.
Scientists analysed the meteorite and found tiny crystals of a rare metal.
文法句型
analyse + noun (substance)
analyse + noun + for + noun
用法筆記
Object is a physical substance (blood, soil, water, food, gas, rocks), unlike sense 1 where the object is information or a situation. Frequently appears in passive form in scientific reports ('was analysed for...').
常見錯誤
3. to treat a person's mental or emotional problems by helping them talk about hidd
to treat a person's mental or emotional problems by helping them talk about hidden thoughts, dreams, and childhood memories, using the methods developed by Freud and other early psychoanalysts.
Dr. Weber has been analysing the same patient twice a week for three years.
long-term continuous treatment
After her divorce, Helena was analysed by a therapist in Vienna for nearly a decade.
passive: be analysed by + therapist
Few therapists today still analyse patients in the strict Freudian style.
The novelist's son was analysed during his teenage years to ease his anxiety.
- psychoanalyse
fuller and clearer term; same meaning
- treat
much broader; covers any medical care, not only psychoanalysis
文法句型
analyse + person
用法筆記
Object is always a person (patient, client), distinguishing this sense from senses 1 and 2 where the object is information or a substance. Mostly used in clinical and academic contexts about Freudian or related therapy.