fieldwork
fieldwork — noun
1. Academic or scientific research that involves going to the actual place where so
Academic or scientific research that involves going to the actual place where something happens — a forest, a village, a factory, or a mine, for example — to collect data, samples, or observations directly, rather than working in a classroom or a laboratory.
Geology student Aiko spent three months doing fieldwork on active volcanoes in Indonesia.
collocation: do fieldwork on [topic]
The anthropology department expects each graduate student to complete at least one season of fieldwork.
Diego's fieldwork in rural Kenya involved measuring water quality at fifty different wells.
During fieldwork in the Amazon, Leila interviewed local families about medicinal plants.
Heavy rain forced the team to cut short its glacier fieldwork by two weeks.
- field research
more formal-sounding, often used in academic writing; fieldwork is the broader everyday term
- field study
often refers to a specific, time-limited project rather than an ongoing method
- survey
a type of fieldwork focused on questionnaires or measurements; not all fieldwork involves surveys
- lab work
research done in a controlled laboratory environment
- desk research
analysis of existing data, documents, or literature without leaving an office
文法句型
do fieldwork on [topic]
conduct fieldwork in [location]
用法筆記
Fieldwork is an uncountable noun and never takes an article or plural form. Common verbs used with it are 'do', 'conduct', 'carry out', and 'undertake'. The preposition 'on' introduces the research topic; 'in' or 'among' introduces the location or community.