measures的中文翻譯是什麼意思

VERB衡量；估量;評估;判定

If you measure the quality, value, or effect of something, you discover or judge how great it is.

• I continued to measure his progress against the charts in the doctor's office...

  我繼續比照醫生辦公室裡的圖表來判斷他病情的發展。

• A grammar school's success was measured in terms of the number of pupils who got into university...

  一所文法學校成功與否是以考上大學的學生人數為衡量依據的。

VERB測量;度量;計量

If you measure a quantity that can be expressed in numbers, such as the length of something, you discover it using a particular instrument or device, for example a ruler.

• Measure the length and width of the gap...

  測量一下這條縫隙的長與寬。

• He measured the speed at which ultrasonic waves travel along the bone.

  他測出了超聲波穿過骨頭的速度。

VERB距離(或長度、寬度、數量等)為…

If something measures a particular length, width, or amount, that is its size or intensity, expressed in numbers.

• The house is more than twenty metres long and measures six metres in width...

  這座房子長20多米，寬6米。

• This hand-decorated plate measures 30cm across...

  這隻手工繪製的盤子直徑為30釐米。

N-SING相當數量;一定程度

A measure of a particular quality, feeling, or activity is a fairly large amount of it.

• With the exception of Juan, each attained a measure of success...

  除了胡安之外，每個人都獲得了相當大的成功。

• The colonies were claiming a larger measure of self-government.

  殖民地正要求獲得更大程度上的自治。

N-SING（情形嚴重或發展到了一定程度的）體現，表現，標誌

If you say that one aspect of a situation is a measure of that situation, you mean that it shows that the situation is very serious or has developed to a very great extent.

• It is a measure of their plight that few of them have anywhere to go to...

  他們幾乎全都無處可歸，看得出他們是陷入了困境。

• That is a measure of how bad things have become at the bank.

  那簡直就是銀行裡糟糕局面的寫照。

N-COUNT措施;辦法

When someone, usually a government or other authority, takes measures to do something, they carry out particular actions in order to achieve a particular result.

• The government warned that police would take tougher measures to contain the trouble...

  政府警告說，警方將採取更為強硬的措施來遏制動亂。

• He said stern measures would be taken against the killers...

  他說將會採取嚴厲措施懲罰兇手。

N-COUNT(標準量的)一杯(烈性酒)

A measure of a strong alcoholic drink such as brandy or whisky is an amount of it in a glass. In pubs and bars, a measure is an official standard amount.

• He poured himself another generous measure of malt.

  他又為自己倒了滿滿一大杯麥芽威士忌。

• ...a pub measure of spirits.

  一杯烈酒

N-COUNT(音樂的)小節

In music, a measure is one of the several short parts of the same length into which a piece of music is divided.

PHRASE非常;極其

If you say that something has changed or that it has affected you beyond measure, you are emphasizing that it has done this to a great extent.

• Mankind's knowledge of the universe has increased beyond measure...

  人類對於宇宙的瞭解已經大為增加。

• She irritated him beyond measure.

  她讓他大為光火。

PHRASE附加地;除此之外地

If you say that something is done for good measure, you mean that it is done in addition to a number of other things.

• I repeated my question for good measure...

  另外，我重複了我的問題。

• For good measure, a few details of hotels were included.

  除此之外還包括對賓館的一些詳細介紹。

PHRASE瞭解;熟悉;估量…的能力/掂量出…的分量;摸清…的底細

If you get or take the measure of someone or something, you discover what they are like, so that you are able to control them or deal with them. If you have the measure of someone or something, you have succeeded in doing this.

• The governments of the industrialized world had failed to get the measure of the crisis...

  工業化國家的政府沒能意識到這次危機的嚴重程度。

• Has he taken the measure of us and concluded that we're not willing to risk a life?...

  他有沒有掂掂我們的分量，知道我們並不願冒生命危險？

PHRASE在某種程度上/在很大程度上

If something is true in some measure or in large measure, it is partly or mostly true.

• Power is in some measure an act of will...

  權力在某種程度上是意志的表現。

• In Britain, we have so far escaped, in large measure, either of these afflictions.

  在英國，我們迄今為止已經遠遠地避開了這兩類麻煩。