[mass noun]detailed examination of the elements or structure of something, typically as a basis for discussion or interpretation 分析 statistical analysis. 统计数据分析。 [count noun]an analysis of popular culture. 对流行文化的分析。 ■the process of separating something into its constituent elements 解析,分析。 常与 synthesis 相对 ■the identification and measurement of the chemical constituents of a substance or specimen (对物质或标本化学成分的)定性定量分析 ■short for psychoanalysis psychoanalysis 的简称 ■(Mathematics)the part of mathematics concerned with the theory of functions and the use of limits, continuity, and the operations of calculus (数)解析 ■[count noun](Cricket)a statement of a bowler's performance, especially in an innings, giving the numbers of wickets taken and runs conceded (板球)投手成绩分析表(尤指每回合的)
常用词组 in the final (或 last , ultimate) analysis
when everything has been considered (used to suggest that a statement expresses the basic truth about a complex situation) 归根到底,总之 in the final analysis it is a question of political history. 说到底,这是一个政治历史问题。
语源
late 16th cent.: via medieval Latin from Greek analusis, from analuein 'unloose', from ana- 'up' + luein 'loosen'