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词汇 measurement
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Definition of measurement in English:

measurement

noun ˈmɛʒəm(ə)ntˈmɛʒərmənt
mass noun
  • 1The action of measuring something.

    测量

    accurate measurement is essential

    精确的测量是必不可少的。

    count noun a telescope with which precise measurements can be made

    可以进行精确测量的望远镜。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The non-marginal elasticity involves measurement of the price and quantity demanded before and after the change.
    • It might seem, at first glance, that we could perform capital accounting for an entire country using money prices, achieving at least the same accuracy of measurement as the businessman.
    • Coring also will make crop insurance yield measurement more accurate since it tends to level the surface of the grain in the bin.
    • The two angled rollers support the stem for precise feeding and measurement, and five knives delimb cleanly and efficiently.
    • Upwards of 80 per cent of its people survive on subsistence farming, and in terms of generally accepted economic measurement they live in poverty.
    • ‘Scientific management’ stresses careful planning, measurement, timing and monitoring of work as a precursor of industrial efficiency and harmony.
    • Monthly data may allow more precise measurement of consumption responses to price changes that are obscured and averaged out through the use of annual data.
    • Both the US and the UK are proposing and using x-ray scanners on people, but in the US this involves a diligent process of measurement for potential hazards, while in the UK they just get haphazardly deployed.
    • One big challenge is figuring out which activities are truly important and just how precise measurement should be.
    • She says each antibody in a panel attaches to a different site on the cytokine, allowing accurate measurement.
    • In the above described procedure, the neoclassical assumptions and accurate measurement of inputs and outputs are of fundamental importance.
    • Fair and accurate accounting should be based on the actual measurement of an expenditure or receipt that is determined in cash.
    • Strict limits on the ratio of punitive to compensatory damages would elevate the importance of accurate measurement of compensatory harm.
    • But insinuating finance into a process that generally resists measurement can be daunting, if only because traditional accounting systems are not well suited to the task.
    • Lack of accurate audience measurement is a main hold-up.
    • Precise information about tempo measurement before Beethoven's time is scarce.
    • But error is a normal part of science, skepticism is its conscience, and control experiments uncover flaws in reasoning or measurement.
    • There is no substitute for measurement and numerical accuracy.
    • Some processes lend themselves more easily to measurement.
    • The real difficulty on the contrary is that of precise measurement.
    Synonyms
    quantification, quantifying, computation, calculation, mensuration
    estimation, evaluation, assessment, appraisal, gauging
    weighing, sizing
    1. 1.1count noun The size, length, or amount of something, as established by measuring.
      (经测量得到的)尺寸;数量
      his inside leg measurement

      他的腿内侧的尺寸。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Now the team's task is to identify the relationship between the conductivity measurements and factors that affect availability of water and nutrients.
      • Data such as hip height measurements and muscle scores were also recorded.
      • These could not be ordinary handcuffs; they were too thick and tight-fitting, as though they had been specifically tailored for his measurements.
      • In any case, it's better to take a number of height measurements, throw out the outlying numbers, and average the rest.
      • And in the central Arctic, submarine measurements indicate that the average thickness has declined by 40 percent in recent decades.
      • As many as eight spots on the home page change each week, in response to measurements of consumer interest.
      • Though actual numbers vary by business, general measurements indicate that the ratio of the amount of tape to disk data for all data centers typically ranges between six and eight to one.
      • Consumers enter their measurements into the program, and create a personalized image, that can be used for trying on garments.
      • The file went on to list genetic structures and things nobody really needed to know, such as clothing sizes, shoulder width, waist measurement, height, weight and other dated information.
      • Power correction often is noted in the literature for a system, but we have seen radically different measurements relative to the published number.
      • None of the other body measurements were different.
      • But some clothes marketers have discovered that they have had to go beyond physical measurements to satisfy consumers with apparel that fits.
      • This study looked at 342 men and women older than 65 who did not normally consume high amounts of calcium and whose BMD measurements were average for their age.
      • For one thing, SAP didn't have the functionality to support an apparel business, which sizes products based on multiple variables, such as inseam and waist measurements.
      • If tree size within an orchard block is variable, then choose the measurements for the average size of the larger trees.
      • I have spent all morning taking your measurements Madame as the Count asked me to do.
      • She grabbed a stick and marked off different yard measurements for her sprints.
      • You may escort him upstairs and have the tailor called in to take his measurements for the new garments.
      • The toughest part of their work is the futility of using quantitative measurements to gauge performance.
      • It is measured by league-tables of output, by comparative GDP figures and by productivity measurements published each week in the back of the Economist.
      Synonyms
      value, amount, quantity, area, length, height, depth, weight, width, range, acreage, footage, mileage, tonnage
      size, dimension, proportions, magnitude, amplitude
      mass, bulk, volume, capacity, extent, expanse
    2. 1.2count noun A unit or system of measuring.
      测量单位;度量制
      a hand is a measurement used for measuring horses

      掌是量马匹高度的单位。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The body measurements combined very well with British units of measurement.
      • In the UK we have many different measurements for inflation, each one trying to get the ‘right’ answer by tracking the ideal combination of goods and services that best reflects the experience of the public.
      • Besides, you think a human being would use a measurement called the ‘cubit’?
      • The effort is intertwined with the business' operating goals, systems, and measurements.
      • Water will pour, fire will belch, and blood will spew in quantities guaranteed to make common measurements (like gallons or liters) inadequate by several orders of magnitude.
      • It includes more unusual units, especially scientific measurements and computer units such as hex.
      Synonyms
      quantity, measure, denomination, value

Definition of measurement in US English:

measurement

nounˈmɛʒərməntˈmeZHərmənt
  • 1The action of measuring something.

    测量

    accurate measurement is essential

    精确的测量是必不可少的。

    a telescope with which precise measurements can be made

    可以进行精确测量的望远镜。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Upwards of 80 per cent of its people survive on subsistence farming, and in terms of generally accepted economic measurement they live in poverty.
    • But error is a normal part of science, skepticism is its conscience, and control experiments uncover flaws in reasoning or measurement.
    • One big challenge is figuring out which activities are truly important and just how precise measurement should be.
    • Coring also will make crop insurance yield measurement more accurate since it tends to level the surface of the grain in the bin.
    • But insinuating finance into a process that generally resists measurement can be daunting, if only because traditional accounting systems are not well suited to the task.
    • Lack of accurate audience measurement is a main hold-up.
    • The non-marginal elasticity involves measurement of the price and quantity demanded before and after the change.
    • In the above described procedure, the neoclassical assumptions and accurate measurement of inputs and outputs are of fundamental importance.
    • There is no substitute for measurement and numerical accuracy.
    • Strict limits on the ratio of punitive to compensatory damages would elevate the importance of accurate measurement of compensatory harm.
    • Some processes lend themselves more easily to measurement.
    • The real difficulty on the contrary is that of precise measurement.
    • Monthly data may allow more precise measurement of consumption responses to price changes that are obscured and averaged out through the use of annual data.
    • The two angled rollers support the stem for precise feeding and measurement, and five knives delimb cleanly and efficiently.
    • ‘Scientific management’ stresses careful planning, measurement, timing and monitoring of work as a precursor of industrial efficiency and harmony.
    • It might seem, at first glance, that we could perform capital accounting for an entire country using money prices, achieving at least the same accuracy of measurement as the businessman.
    • She says each antibody in a panel attaches to a different site on the cytokine, allowing accurate measurement.
    • Fair and accurate accounting should be based on the actual measurement of an expenditure or receipt that is determined in cash.
    • Both the US and the UK are proposing and using x-ray scanners on people, but in the US this involves a diligent process of measurement for potential hazards, while in the UK they just get haphazardly deployed.
    • Precise information about tempo measurement before Beethoven's time is scarce.
    Synonyms
    quantification, quantifying, computation, calculation, mensuration
    1. 1.1 The size, length, or amount of something, as established by measuring.
      (经测量得到的)尺寸;数量
      his inseam measurement

      他的腿内侧的尺寸。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • These could not be ordinary handcuffs; they were too thick and tight-fitting, as though they had been specifically tailored for his measurements.
      • Data such as hip height measurements and muscle scores were also recorded.
      • None of the other body measurements were different.
      • But some clothes marketers have discovered that they have had to go beyond physical measurements to satisfy consumers with apparel that fits.
      • And in the central Arctic, submarine measurements indicate that the average thickness has declined by 40 percent in recent decades.
      • You may escort him upstairs and have the tailor called in to take his measurements for the new garments.
      • I have spent all morning taking your measurements Madame as the Count asked me to do.
      • She grabbed a stick and marked off different yard measurements for her sprints.
      • The toughest part of their work is the futility of using quantitative measurements to gauge performance.
      • Though actual numbers vary by business, general measurements indicate that the ratio of the amount of tape to disk data for all data centers typically ranges between six and eight to one.
      • Power correction often is noted in the literature for a system, but we have seen radically different measurements relative to the published number.
      • If tree size within an orchard block is variable, then choose the measurements for the average size of the larger trees.
      • The file went on to list genetic structures and things nobody really needed to know, such as clothing sizes, shoulder width, waist measurement, height, weight and other dated information.
      • As many as eight spots on the home page change each week, in response to measurements of consumer interest.
      • It is measured by league-tables of output, by comparative GDP figures and by productivity measurements published each week in the back of the Economist.
      • Now the team's task is to identify the relationship between the conductivity measurements and factors that affect availability of water and nutrients.
      • For one thing, SAP didn't have the functionality to support an apparel business, which sizes products based on multiple variables, such as inseam and waist measurements.
      • This study looked at 342 men and women older than 65 who did not normally consume high amounts of calcium and whose BMD measurements were average for their age.
      • In any case, it's better to take a number of height measurements, throw out the outlying numbers, and average the rest.
      • Consumers enter their measurements into the program, and create a personalized image, that can be used for trying on garments.
      Synonyms
      value, amount, quantity, area, length, height, depth, weight, width, range, acreage, footage, mileage, tonnage
    2. 1.2 A unit or system of measuring.
      测量单位;度量制
      a hand is a measurement used for measuring horses

      掌是量马匹高度的单位。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • It includes more unusual units, especially scientific measurements and computer units such as hex.
      • The effort is intertwined with the business' operating goals, systems, and measurements.
      • The body measurements combined very well with British units of measurement.
      • In the UK we have many different measurements for inflation, each one trying to get the ‘right’ answer by tracking the ideal combination of goods and services that best reflects the experience of the public.
      • Besides, you think a human being would use a measurement called the ‘cubit’?
      • Water will pour, fire will belch, and blood will spew in quantities guaranteed to make common measurements (like gallons or liters) inadequate by several orders of magnitude.
      Synonyms
      quantity, measure, denomination, value
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