quantify
vt. 確定…的數量; [邏輯學] 用量詞限定
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.
由於各家公司都不願意公佈所受的損失,所以很難得出一個精確的數字。
1. use as a quantifier
2. express as a number or measure or quantity;
The risks to health are impossible to quantify.
健康的風險是無法用數量表示的。
The cost of the fire damage is impossible to quantify.
這次火災的損失是無法計算的.
We can quantify these contributions with reference to Fig . 5.
我們可以用圖5中的引數來定量地表示這些因素的影響.
These disease burdens are difficult to quantify in nutritional terms.
這些病患所造成的負擔很難從營養角度去加以衡量.
By contrast intelligence is possibly easier to quantify.
相對而言,智力也許比較容易用數量來衡量.