extent
n. 程度; 大小; 範圍
If you are talking about how great, important, or serious a difficulty or situation is, you can refer to the extent of it.
The government itself has little information on the extent of industrial pollution...
政府本身幾乎不瞭解工業汙染的程度。
Growing up with him soon made me realise the extent of his determination...
和他一起長大讓我很快意識到他有多麼堅定。
The extent of something is its length, area, or size.
Their commitment was only to maintain the extent of forests, not their biodiversity.
他們僅承諾維持現有森林面積,並不保證林區生物的多樣性。
You use expressions such as to a large extent ,to some extent, or to a certain extent in order to indicate that something is partly true, but not entirely true.
It was and, to a large extent, still is a good show...
它過去是個好節目,現在在很大程度上仍是個好節目。
To some extent this was the truth...
在某種程度上,這是事實。
You use expressions such as to what extent ,to that extent, or to the extent that when you are discussing how true a statement is, or in what ways it is true.
It's still not clear to what extent this criticism is originating from within the ruling party...
目前仍不清楚這種批評有多少是來自執政黨內部。
To that extent they helped bring about their own destruction...
他們正是如此推波助瀾,導致了自己的毀滅。
You use expressions such as to the extent of ,to the extent that, or to such an extent that in order to emphasize that a situation has reached a difficult, dangerous, or surprising stage.
He said he didn't like the president, but not to the extent of wanting to kill him...
他說他不喜歡總統,但是還沒有到想要刺殺他的地步。
I became pregnant but this man was very violent towards me to the extent that I lost our baby...
我懷孕了,但是這個男人對我非常粗暴,致使我流產了。
1. the point or degree to which something extends;
2. the distance or area or volume over which something extends;
to... extent
到……的程度; 在……程度上
Both drinking and smoking among young people are increasing to an alarming extent.
在青年人中飲酒、吸菸的現象已發展到驚人的程度.
She was aghast at the extent of the damage to her car.
她的汽車的損壞程度使她震驚.
Language is a reflector of a society to some extent.
從某種程度上來說,語言反映了社會.
From him I learned that a good politician is marked to great extent by his sense of timing.
從他那兒我懂得,一個能幹的政治家在很大程度上在於審時度勢.
This jog warmed me to a certain extent.
跑步使我暖和一些了.