核心畫面
Picture someone standing back from a thing and weighing it up before saying anything: how bad is the damage, how good is this work, how much is this house worth. The word is the careful looking that comes before a judgement — and when the judgement has to come out as a number, English still uses the same word.
可以想成：一個人退開一步，把眼前的東西仔細看過、掂量過，才開口下判斷——損壞有多嚴重、這份作品好不好、這棟房子值多少…更多收起
可以想成：一個人退開一步，把眼前的東西仔細看過、掂量過，才開口下判斷——損壞有多嚴重、這份作品好不好、這棟房子值多少。assess 講的就是「下判斷之前那段仔細衡量」；當判斷最後要變成一個數字時，用的還是同一個字。語氣正式，日常口語多半會說 look at 或 work out。原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
assessverb/əˈsɛs/
- 1
To determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate; to estimate.
- He assessed the situation.
- An insurance adjuster will assess the damage.
- 2
To impose or charge, especially as punishment for an infraction.
- The referee assessed a penalty for delaying the game.
- A $10.00 late fee will be assessed on all overdue accounts.
- 3
To calculate and demand (the tax money due) from a person or entity.
- Once you've submitted a tax return, the Tax Department will assess the amount of tax you still owe.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。