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measure (act or result of measuring) noun [UK: ˈme.ʒə(r)] [US: ˈme.ʒər] | 测量 /cèliáng/noun 測量noun |
measure (action to achieve some purpose) noun [UK: ˈme.ʒə(r)] [US: ˈme.ʒər] | 措施 /cuòshī/noun |
measure [measured, measuring, measures] (ascertain the quantity of a unit) verb [UK: ˈme.ʒə(r)] [US: ˈme.ʒər] | 测 /cè/verb 测量 /cèliáng/verb 測verb 測量verb 量 /liáng/verb |
measure [measured, measuring, measures] (estimate the unit size) verb [UK: ˈme.ʒə(r)] [US: ˈme.ʒər] | 估量 /gūliān/verb |
measure (size ascertained by measuring) noun [UK: ˈme.ʒə(r)] [US: ˈme.ʒər] | 分量 /fènliang/noun |
measure of central tendency (measure of location) noun | 集中趋势度量 /jízhōng qūshì dùliàng/noun 集中趨勢度量noun |
measure word (measure word, classifier) noun | 量詞noun 量词 /liàngcí/noun |
measurement [measurements] (magnitude determined by measuring) noun [UK: ˈme.ʒə.mənt] [US: ˈme.ʒər.mənt] | 尺寸 /chǐcùn/noun |
countermeasure [countermeasures] (action) noun [UK: ˈkaʊn.tə.me.ʒə(r)] [US: ˈkaʊn.tər.ˌme.ʒər] | 对策 /duìcè/noun 對策noun |
desperate times call for desperate measures (in adverse circumstances, actions that might have been rejected may become the best choice) phrase | 重症需下猛药 /zhòngzhèng xū xià měng yào/phrase 重症需下猛藥phrase 非常时期需要非常手段 /fēicháng shíqí xūyào fēicháng shǒuduàn/;phrase 非常時期需要非常手段phrase |
for good measure (in excess of the required minimum) preposition [UK: fɔː(r) ɡʊd ˈme.ʒə(r)] [US: ˈfɔːr ˈɡʊd ˈme.ʒər] | 保险起见preposition 额外补充preposition |
in no small measure (to a very great extent) adverb | 大大 /dàdà/adverb |
made-to-measure (made to individual specifications) adjective [UK: ˈmeɪd tuː ˈme.ʒə(r)] [US: ˈmeɪd ˈtuː ˈme.ʒər] | 特制 /tèzhì/adjective 特製adjective |
man is the measure of all things phrase | 人类是一切的测量具phrase |
tape measure [tape measures] (graduated ribbon for length measurement) noun [UK: teɪp ˈme.ʒə(r)] [US: ˈteɪp ˈme.ʒər] | 卷尺 /juǎnchǐ/noun 捲尺noun 皮尺 /píchǐ/noun |
unit of measure (standardized, reproducible measuring a physical property) noun | 单位 /dānwèi/noun 單位noun 計量單位noun |