measure

['meʒə]

词形变化: measurer measured measured measuring measures

  • 正在加载“measure”的释义
例句用法 短语词组 近反义词 海词讲解 英英解释

1.

The pianist gave a long and varied recital, with a couple of encores for good measure.

那钢琴家的独奏演出会时间长、节目多,还加奏了两支曲子。

2.

His resignation is a measure of how angry he is.

从他辞职一事可见其气愤的程度。

3.

He measured the length of the room.

他量了房间的长度。

4.

An hour is a measure of time.

小时是时间的一个量度单位。

5.

The government has promised to take measures to help the unemployed.

政府已答应采取措施来帮助失业者。

【近义词】

【词源解说】

1300年前后进入英语,直接源自古法语的mesurer,意为待测量;最初源自晚期拉丁语语的mensurare,意为需要测量的事物。

【词义辨析】

standard criterion measure gauge
standard: 指公认为决定事物质量或人的品质的准则或原则。
criterion: 较正式用词,指判断、批评事物的标准,但不一定制成了规章。
measure: 与standard基本同义,但多用于比喻,指衡量某事物的质量准则。
gauge: 专指测量物体大小、厚度、直径等的标准规格。

【词语用法】

  1. 表示“一部分地”,可用in a measure或in some measure。表示“大部分地”,可用in great measure或in large measure
    • The whole thing was in (a) great/large measure a mistake.
      整个事件大部分是个错误。
  2. measure up to是美式英语,意思为“符合,达到”。
名词 measure:

1.

any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal

同义词:step

2.

how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify

同义词:quantity,amount

3.

a statute in draft before it becomes law

同义词:bill

4.

the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule

同义词:measurement,measuring,mensuration

5.

a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated

同义词:standard,criterion,touchstone

6.

(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

同义词:meter,metre,beat,cadence

7.

musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats

同义词:bar

8.

measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements

同义词:measuring stick,measuring rod

9.

a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance

动词 measure:

1.

determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of

同义词:mensurate,measure out

2.

express as a number or measure or quantity

同义词:quantify

3.

have certain dimensions

4.

evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of

同义词:evaluate,valuate,assess,appraise,value

互动百科

measure:measure n. 尺寸, 量度器, 量度标准, 方法, 测量, 措施vt. 测量, 测度, 估量, 分派, 权衡, 调节vi. 量习惯用语be the measure of sth. 成为衡量某事....详情>>
收藏|分享到:
学海网校 天天上学海,人生更精彩