In the early 1790s French revolutionaries commissioned a priest, Henri Gregoire, to take a census of the languages spoken in France.

18世纪90年代初，法国革命者委托一位名叫亨利·格雷戈尔的牧师对法国说的语言进行普查。

" Take a census of the men twenty years old or more, as the Lord commanded Moses" . These were the Israelites who came out of Egypt

" 将你们中间从二十岁以外的计算总数。" 是照耶和华吩咐出埃及地的摩西和以色列人的话。

" Take a census of the whole Israelite community by families—all those twenty years old or more who are able to serve in the army of Israel" .

" 你们要将以色列全会众，按他们的宗族，凡以色列中从二十岁以外能出去打仗的，计算总数。"

Australian experts taking part in an international program to take a census of marine life in the southern ocean collected specimens from up to 6,500 feet beneath the surface.

澳大利亚专家参加了一项国际计划，对南大洋的海洋生物进行普查，他们从水下6500英尺的地方采集标本。

Solomon took a census of all the foreigners residing in Israel, after the census his father David had taken; and they were found to be 153,600.

所罗门仿照他父大卫数点住在以色列地所有寄居的外邦人，共有十五万三千六百名。

The other main reason for taking a census was taxation - the system of taxing people a certain amount of money to be paid to the government for public services.

另一个主要的原因是征税 —— 向人们收取一定数量的金额作为税款支付给政府用于公共服务的系统。

The other main reason for taking a census was taxation – the system of taxing people a certain amount of money to be paid to the government for public services.

进行人口普查的另一个主要原因是征税——向人们征收一定数额的钱用于政府建设公共服务的一种制度。