1. 评估;评定;鉴定
    An assessment is a consideration of someone or something and a judgment about them.

    e.g. There is little assessment of the damage to the natural environment...
           几乎未对自然环境破坏程度作出评估。
    e.g. The tests are supposed to provide a basis for the assessment of children...
           这些测试应该可以为评价儿童提供一个基础。

2. （价值的）评估，评定;估价
    An assessment of the amount of money that something is worth or that should be paid is a calculation or estimate of the amount.

    e.g. Price Waterhouse have traced the losses to lenders' inflated assessments of mortgaged property.
           普华永道会计师事务所已经查明损失源于贷方对按揭财产估值过高。
    e.g. ...income assessment.
           收入评估