新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

gauge

英  [geɪdʒ]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • gauges

    1[C 可数名词] 测量仪器

    A gauge is a device that measures the amount or quantity of something and shows the amount measured.

    双语例句

    例:

    temperature gauges.

    温度计。

    例:

    The unit keeps track of usage and, like a fuel gauge on a car, warns when the card is getting close to empty.

    该设备记录使用情况,并像轿车上的燃料计量器一样,当该卡接近用空时予以警示。

    例:

    The pilot reads the altitude gauge, of course; but there are other people watching.

    海拔计量器当然是由飞行员来读,但也有其他人在看着。

    2[SING 单数型名词] (评价、判断的)标准

    A gauge of someone's feelings or a situation is a fact or event that can be used to judge them.

    近义词

    measure

    双语例句

    例:

    The index is the government's chief gauge of future economic activity.

    这个指数是政府对未来经济活动的主要判断标准。

    VERB. 动词
  • gauges , gauging , gauged

    1[T 及物动词] (常指用仪器)测量

    If you gauge the speed or strength of something, or if you gauge an amount, you measure or calculate it, often by using a device of some kind.

    近义词

    measure

    双语例句

    例:

    He gauged the wind at over thirty knots.

    他测量出风速为30节以上。

    例:

    Distance is gauged by journey time rather than miles.

    距离以旅行时间而非英里数来测定。

    2[T 及物动词] 判定

    If you gauge people's actions, feelings, or intentions in a particular situation, you carefully consider and judge them.

    近义词

    assess

    双语例句

    例:

    His mood can be gauged by his reaction to the most trivial of incidents.

    他的情绪可以通过他对最琐碎的小事的反应来判定。

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