新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

scaleIELTS重点词汇

英 [skeɪl]

[ADJ, NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

ADJ. 形容词

1. 按比例缩小的
A scale model or scale replica of a building or object is a model of it which is smaller than the real thing but has all the same parts and features.
双语例句
例：
Franklin made his mother an intricately detailed scale model of the house.
富兰克林为他母亲制作了一个精巧逼真的房屋模型。

NOUN. 名词

scales
1. [SING 单数型名词] 规模 , 范围
If you refer to the scale of something, you are referring to its size or extent, especially when it is very big.
双语例句
例：
However, he underestimates the scale of the problem.
然而，他却低估了问题的严重性。
例：
The breakdown of law and order could result in killing on a massive scale.
法律和秩序的崩溃可能会导致大规模的杀戮。
2. [C 可数名词] 等级
A scale is a set of levels or numbers which are used in a particular system of measuring things or are used when comparing things.
双语例句
例：
an earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale.
一次里氏5.5级地震。
例：
The patient rates the therapies on a scale of zero to ten.
这位患者按0到10分给这些疗法打分。
3. [C 可数名词] 工资级别
A pay scale or scale of fees is a list that shows how much someone should be paid, depending, for example, on their age or what work they do.
双语例句
例：
those on the high end of the pay scale.
工资级别高的那些人。
4. [C 可数名词] 比例尺
The scale of a map, plan, or model is the relationship between the size of something in the map, plan, or model and its size in the real world.
双语例句
例：
The map, on a scale of 1:10,000, shows over 5,000 individual paths.
这张比例尺为1:10000的地图显示了5000条以上的独立小径。
5. [C 可数名词] 音阶
In music, a scale is a fixed sequence of musical notes, each one higher than the next, which begins at a particular note.
双语例句
例：
the scale of C major.
C大调音阶。
6. [C 可数名词] 鳞
The scales of a fish or reptile are the small, flat pieces of hard skin that cover its body.
双语例句
例：
Remove any excess scales from the fish skin.
刮掉鱼皮上所有多余的鳞。
7. [C 可数名词] 秤
A scale is a piece of equipment used for weighing things, for example, for weighing amounts of food that you need in order to make a particular meal.
双语例句
例：
a pair of kitchen scales.
一台厨用天平秤。
例：
a bathroom scale.
一台浴室磅秤。

PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

scale down
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 缩小 , 缩减
If you scale down something, you make it smaller in size, amount, or extent than it used to be.
近义词
reduce
双语例句
例：
One factory has had to scale down its workforce from six hundred to only six.
一家工厂已不得不把工人总数从600人裁减到仅剩6人。
scale up
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 增加 , 放大
If you scale up something, you make it greater in size, amount, or extent than it used to be.
近义词
increase
双语例句
例：
a major push to scale up treatment programmes for people in poor countries.
一项为贫困国家人民增加医疗项目的重大努力。

PHRASE. 习语

out of scale
1. 与…不成比例 , 与…不相称
If something is out of scale with the things near it, it is too big or too small in relation to them.
双语例句
例：
The tiny church was out of scale with the new banks and offices around it.
这座小教堂与周围那些新的银行和办公楼很不相称。
to scale
1. 按比例
If the different parts of a map, drawing, or model are to scale, they are the right size in relation to each other.
双语例句
例：
a miniature garden, with little pagodas and bridges all to scale.
一个盆景，里面的小宝塔和小桥也都是按比例制作的。

VERB. 动词

scales , scaling , scaled
1. [T 及物动词] 攀登
If you scale something such as a mountain or a wall, you climb up it or over it.
近义词
climb
双语例句
例：
Rebecca Stephens, the first British woman to scale Everest.
丽贝卡·斯蒂芬斯，第一位登上珠穆朗玛峰的英国女性。