quantify
vt. 确定…的数量; [逻辑学] 用量词限定
If you try to quantify something, you try to calculate how much of it there is.
It is difficult to quantify an exact figure as firms are reluctant to declare their losses.
由于各家公司都不愿意公布所受的损失,所以很难得出一个精确的数字。
1. use as a quantifier
2. express as a number or measure or quantity;
The risks to health are impossible to quantify.
健康的风险是无法用数量表示的。
The cost of the fire damage is impossible to quantify.
这次火灾的损失是无法计算的.
We can quantify these contributions with reference to Fig . 5.
我们可以用图5中的参数来定量地表示这些因素的影响.
These disease burdens are difficult to quantify in nutritional terms.
这些病患所造成的负担很难从营养角度去加以衡量.
By contrast intelligence is possibly easier to quantify.
相对而言,智力也许比较容易用数量来衡量.