fieldwork
noun /ˈfiːldwɜːk/
  /ˈfiːldwɜːrk/
 [uncountable]- research or study that is done in the real world rather than in a library or laboratory实地研究;野外考察 - Most of the fieldwork was carried out in Italy.大部分实地考察是在意大利进行的。 
- extensive fieldwork on chimpanzees对黑猩猩大范围的野外考察 
 Collocations Dictionaryadjective- extensive
- intensive
- ethnographic
- …
 - be engaged in
- carry out
- conduct
- …
 - during fieldwork
- in the course of fieldwork
- fieldwork on
- …
 
- Most of the fieldwork was carried out in Italy.