基本情况“test”(试验)这一单词起源于拉丁语“testum”,一种用来检验或精炼贵金属的陶制器皿.直到本世纪,试验还仅仅局限于这类检验工作.工业革命导致了多种多样需要进行试验的机械设备、装置与加工工艺的发展,但是,直到第二次世界大战,试验才作为一门正式科学而真正存在.大战初期,美国很快发现其军用物资的不足之处:鱼雷从敌舰旁边穿跃而过,击 The very word “test” originated in the Latin “testum,” an earthenware vessel used to examine or refine precious metals. Until the present century the tests were confined to such inspections. The industrial revolution led to However, it was not until the Second World War that the experiment really existed as a formal science. In the early days of the war, the United States soon found out that its military supplies were inadequate Department: torpedoes from the enemy ship by the jump and hit