名词

Skin somebody alive-(活剥某人的皮)

1. 考试
An exam is a formal test that you take to show your knowledge or ability in a particular subject, or to obtain a qualification.

2. 体检；医学检查
If you have a medical exam, a doctor looks at your body, feels it, or does simple tests in order to check how healthy you are.

Note that to pass an exam always means to succeed in it. If you do not pass an exam, you fail it. If you simply do an exam or take part in it, you can say that you take the exam, or, in British English, that you sit the exam.
注意，考试及格用pass an exam。考试不及格用fail。参加考试用take the exam，英国英语用sit the exam。

1. a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge

e.g. when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions

Synonym: examinationtest