1610s, from Latin census "the enrollment of the names and property assessments of all Roman citizens," originally past participle of censere "to assess" (see censor (n.)). The modern census begins in the U.S., 1790., and Revolutionary France. Property for taxation was the primary purpose in Rome, hence Latin census also was used for "one's wealth, one's worth, wealthiness."
中文解释
1. censor => census.2. cens- + us 对我们大家都进行审查就是人口普查。
实用例句
1. Of these, 40% told census-takers they were Muslims.
这些人当中，有40%的人告诉人口普查员说自己是穆斯林。
来自柯林斯例句
2. A census of population is taken every ten years.
人口普查每10年进行一次.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. A new pet census showed that cats now outnumber dogs by a whisker (7 million to 6.9 million).
新的宠物普查显示出猫的数量略微超过了狗的数量（700万比690万）。
来自柯林斯例句
4. One authority made a census of the spiders in a grass field in the south of England, and he estimated that there were more than 2,250,000 in one acre.
一位权威对英国南方一块草坪上的蜘蛛作过统计, 他估计每英亩有2,250,000多只蜘蛛.
来自《用法词典》
5. The census is taken one time every four years in our country.