analyse
analyse — 動詞
1. to look carefully at information, a situation, or how something works, breaking
分析；剖析
把資訊或情況拆開研究，以了解原因或結果
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.
Patel 博士要她的學生在下星期一上課前分析調查結果。
analyse + noun (data/results)
The coach spent two hours analysing the team's mistakes from Saturday's match.
教練花了兩個小時分析球隊星期六比賽的失誤。
progressive form: analysing + noun
Fadi tried to analyse why his small bakery kept losing money each winter.
Fadi 試著分析自己的小麵包店為什麼每年冬天都在虧錢。
Reviewers carefully analyse every chapter of the novel before giving the prize.
評審會仔細分析小說的每一章，才會頒獎。
The report was analysed line by line by three senior lawyers in Taipei.
這份報告由台北三位資深律師逐字逐句分析過。
- 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
化驗；檢驗
在實驗室檢驗物質，找出其中含有的成分
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.
實驗室化驗河水樣本，看看裡面有沒有鉛的痕跡。
analyse + noun + for + noun (target chemical)
Nurse Lin sent the blood to be analysed at the hospital across town.
林護士把血液送到城另一頭的醫院化驗。
passive: be analysed
Farmers in Yilan often have their soil analysed before planting rice each spring.
宜蘭的農民每年春天插秧前，常會把土壤送去化驗。
Scientists analysed the meteorite and found tiny crystals of a rare metal.
科學家化驗那塊隕石，發現裡面有稀有金屬的細小結晶。
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
做精神分析
用佛洛伊德式療法治療病人的心理或情緒問題
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.
Weber 醫師已經對同一位病患做精神分析每週兩次，持續三年了。
long-term continuous treatment
After her divorce, Helena was analysed by a therapist in Vienna for nearly a decade.
離婚後，Helena 在維也納給一位治療師做了將近十年的精神分析。
passive: be analysed by + therapist
Few therapists today still analyse patients in the strict Freudian style.
現在很少有治療師還用嚴格的佛洛伊德方式幫病人做精神分析。
The novelist's son was analysed during his teenage years to ease his anxiety.
那位小說家的兒子在青少年時期接受過精神分析，以緩解焦慮。
- 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.