| 单词 | extent |
| 释义 | extent (ɪkstent ) 1. singular noun B2 If you are talking about how great, important, or serious a difficulty or situation is, you can refer to the extent of it. The government itself has little information on the extent of industrial pollution. [+ of] Growing up with him soon made me realise the extent of his determination. The full extent of the losses was disclosed yesterday. [+ of] Synonyms: magnitude, amount, degree, scale 2. singular noun B2 The extent of something is its length, area, or size. Their commitment was only to maintain the extent of forests, not their biodiversity. [+ of] 3. to a large extent phrase B2 You use expressions such as to a large extent, to some extent, or to a certain extent in order to indicate that something is partly true, but not entirely true. [vagueness] It was and, to a large extent, still is a good show. To some extent this was the truth. This also endangers American interests in other regions, although to a lesser extent. To an extent, that is the reason for the meeting. 4. to what/that extent/the extent that(etc) phrase You use expressions such as to what extent, to that extent, or to the extent that when you are discussing how true a statement is, or in what ways it is true. [vagueness] It's still not clear to what extent this criticism is originating from within the ruling party. To that extent they helped bring about their own destruction. He could only be sorry to the extent that this affected his grandchildren. The extent to which it helped to promote Britain's broader strategic interests was sometimes questionable. We may not be able to do it to the extent that we would like. 5. to the extent of/that/to such an extent that(etc) phrase You use expressions such as to the extent of, to the extent that, or to such an extent that in order to emphasize that a situation has reached a difficult, dangerous, or surprising stage. [emphasis] He said he didn't like the president, but not to the extent of wanting to kill him. It has increased to such an extent that Ghana can now export maize. Collocations: document the extent of Consequently, the reader can see on the face of the document the extent of the material which the person releasing the document wishes to hide. Times, Sunday Times Gallium scans are sometimes used to document the extent of the infection but are not essential to disease management. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The sculptures and murals also document the extent to which a general consensus among the various traditions or schools had been achieved by the middle of that century. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 No gold was found, but the positioning system had documented the extent of the search. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Well, that will depend on the value of damage caused, the extent of injury and/ or time taken off work. Times, Sunday Times Ultimate, an esophagoscopy can be accomplished to determine the extent of injury. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many chemical production facilities are designed with high-volume emergency venting, a measure to limit the extent of injury and property damage when such accidents occur. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The treatment of sprains depends on the extent of injury and the joint involved. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Therefore, some people were unsure of the extent of injury, and most could only guess about the eventual outcomes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Pharmaceutical companies conduct valuable pure and applied research, and much of its value lies in the fact that the full extent of their involvement is prominently disclosed. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Understanding what is at risk is the first step to understanding the full extent of that risk. Computing (2010) The official figures do not reflect the full extent of the problem. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The full extent of the damages to the church's property has yet to be determined. Christianity Today (2000) He also didn't know the full extent of my spending. Times, Sunday Times (2013) They rely to a great extent on people moving house and on those renting and putting their goods in storage. Times, Sunday Times (2016) It depends to a great extent on the explicit and implicit aims. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Her smile stretched her lips sideways to a great extent. Somewhere East of Life (1994) The second method is more risky for the workforce, and results depend to a great extent on the prices being soundly based. Inside Perestroika: The Future of the Soviet Economy (1990) All these unreasonable differences in prices will to a great extent be smoothed out and done away with in the course of the price reform. Inside Perestroika: The Future of the Soviet Economy (1990) Yet the past few years have highlighted the extent to which this openness can also be a source of vulnerability. Times,Sunday Times Her letter highlights the extent to which retailers' reputations can be tarnished by poor service on the part of their chosen couriers. Times, Sunday Times Blame it on a succession of downbeat surveys highlighting the extent of the market's slowdown. Times, Sunday Times Not necessarily the best styling for real-life, but something that highlights the extent to which the humble blazer has become a focal point of the fashionable ensemble. Times,Sunday Times The recent controversy over the salaries paid to senior academy bosses has highlighted the extent to which academies operate to their own rules. Times, Sunday Times The dramatically reduced number of gross customer sign-ups - down 13 per cent on the previous quarter - and widening losses illustrate the extent of the challenge that remains. Times, Sunday Times As if to illustrate the extent of his decline, at least one interview was capped by the request for a 20 note 'to cover the taxi home'. Times, Sunday Times How's this for a tale to illustrate the extent of the capital's property boom? Times, Sunday Times The following trees have been carefully chosen to best illustrate the extent to which a structure can be entirely left- or entirely right-branching. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The current consensus valuations for the company range from $115billion to $245 billion, illustrating the extent of uncertainty surrounding the float. Times, Sunday Times With my top ten questions below, simply indicate the extent you agree or disagree with the statements. The Sun How they fare for the rest of the season will indicate the extent to which they need refreshing. Times, Sunday Times Then, the opposite party must indicate the extent to which it took objection to the accuracy of the records. Times, Sunday Times In responding to the scale, participants indicate the extent to which they believe that they are aware of the researchers' hypotheses during the research. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Earthworks indicate the extent of the abbey precinct, and reveal the location of 3 rectangular fishponds. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Of the twins, 60 per cent were identical and the rest fraternal, allowing scientists to investigate the extent to which genetics played a role. Times, Sunday Times Comparing the incidence of aggression in identical twins with fraternal twins allows scientists to investigate the extent to which genetics influence this behaviour. Times, Sunday Times Engineers continued to investigate the extent of structural damage to a viaduct. Times, Sunday Times If you decide to pursue this strategy, a council officer would investigate the extent of the smoke, its frequency, its duration and, crucially, its reasonableness. Times, Sunday Times A spokesman said that engineers were investigating the extent of the structural damage to the raised viaduct structure. Times, Sunday Times At the moment notices are handed out by police officers and, to a lesser extent, community support officers and neighbourhood wardens. Times, Sunday Times (2006) It's also interesting that zinc and iron absorption are inhibited especially by tea and to a lesser extent by coffee drinking. Miracle Micronutrients (1987) It happens in rugby to a lesser extent. Times, Sunday Times (2017) To a lesser extent, we can affect their behaviour while they remain in office. THE AGE OF CONSENT (2003) Obviously a chemical which is absorbed efficiently from the intestine is more likely to be toxic than one that is absorbed to a lesser extent. E For Additives (1987) Poor planning on its part and one that could limit the extent of pundit involvement as the tournament continues. Times, Sunday Times The contents of the test are kept secret to limit the extent to which students can be prepared. Times, Sunday Times But the council will look very closely at any proposals to alter a heritage asset and this will, in practice, limit the extent to which your home can be extended. Times, Sunday Times He took the decision to limit the extent of the project because it had become unaffordable after costs had soared from 244 million. Times, Sunday Times There are policies that spell this out in clear terms in order to limit the extent of their liability (what if the entire street of cars had been destroyed?). The Sun Cedar and other natural oils may help to a limited extent, but don't rely on them alone. Times, Sunday Times (2012) It was only supported to a limited extent by the party leadership. Global Capitalism and National Decline (1989) To that limited extent, therefore, it is still susceptible to pressure. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Take a security deposit to the maximum extent allowed by the law. Times, Sunday Times At about this time of year the ice has reached its maximum extent for winter and from now on will now start melting. Times, Sunday Times This troubled asset relief programme must be properly designed and sufficiently large to have maximum impact, while including features that protect the taxpayer to the maximum extent possible. Times, Sunday Times As a matter of principle, open justice should prevail to the maximum extent possible. Times, Sunday Times At its maximum extent this valley has a width of about 30 km, but it narrows to 10 km at the southeastern extreme. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Increasing assessment once had the sensible intention of making it easier to measure the extent to which essential skills were being taught. Times, Sunday Times But in health and education ministers measure the extent of their commitment by the size of their wallets. Times, Sunday Times But his study did not measure the extent of deliberate disregard of the literature. The Scientist Researchers capture the chloramphenicol using streptavidin-coated polystyrene beads, and measure the extent of acetylation using a scintillation counter. The Scientist These short waves (high frequency waves) are too short a yardstick to measure the extent of the event. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That's loving to the greatest possible extent. Christianity Today One key element will be the issue of home advantage and whether we capitalised on it to the greatest possible extent. Times, Sunday Times The court was told that he 'co-operated to the fullest possible extent'. Times, Sunday Times The damages done to the habitat were to be rectified so as to facilitate the recovery of the ecosystem to the maximum possible extent. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The development of the productive forces would lead to the marginalisation of human labour to the highest possible extent, replacing with automated labour. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But the precise extent to which these higher rates affect equity-poor buyers in real terms has never been determined. Times, Sunday Times The precise extent of the damage has to be determined. Houston Chronicle He clearly loves art too much and, to the precise extent that his book fails as a template for business, it succeeds as a short love letter to art. Times, Sunday Times Political commentators have debated the precise extent to which their agendas are similar. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The precise extent of and mechanism for this capacity differs from game to game. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Spatial measurements are used to quantify the extent of and distances between objects, and temporal measurements are used to quantify the durations of and between events. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Better methods for sampling, identifying and quantifying the extent of this atmospheric plastic pollution were now required, the researchers added, along with a thorough assessment of the potential ecological impact. Times, Sunday Times In specific terms, betweenness centrality quantifies the extent of information flow through the current node on the behalf of other nodes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The bicoherence takes values bounded between 0 and 1, which make it a convenient measure for quantifying the extent of phase coupling in a signal. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It quantifies the extent to which a sample diverges from expectations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In this case, these differences could reflect the extent of social networking typically seen in each culture. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Justice requires both that the guilty be convicted and also that they be convicted of the offence which properly reflects the extent of their involvement in the crime. Times, Sunday Times He gives each contender a 'spirit of the time' score, reflecting the extent to which the leaders captured the mood of the nation. Times, Sunday Times But it also reflects the extent to which cost-cutting has been faster and deeper than in previous downturns - whether through moves to short-time factory working or permanent reductions in labour. Times, Sunday Times It reflects the extent in which an individual perceives that outcome allocation decisions have been fairly made. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In surpassing their own expectations to such a remarkable extent, they had set up a situation in which they had so much more to lose. Times, Sunday Times To a remarkable extent this remains true today. Times, Sunday Times Referees succeed in doing this to a quite remarkable extent. Times, Sunday Times To a remarkable extent, he involves his readers in it too. The Times Literary Supplement To a remarkable extent, the area had continued to be so used until the last decade. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Unfortunately, intelligence fails to reveal the extent of the enemy's strength. Times, Sunday Times Only time will reveal the extent of the damage. Times, Sunday Times However, this year's results, based on transactions, reveal the extent of trophy home torpor. Times, Sunday Times So while an index notes the number of businesses reporting a rise or fall in activity, it won't reveal the extent or scale of that rise or fall. Times,Sunday Times For the first time, the documents reveal the extent of the shortcomings in the emergency response, notably the failure to implement fully a major incident plan. Times, Sunday Times To see the true extent and complexity of the historical terrain our intrepid historian must gain altitude. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Maybe she'd understand and forgive, if she knew the true extent of Jason's perfidy. PAINT THE WIND (1990) Very few people knew the true extent of her poverty. AN UNLIKELY COUNTESS: Lily Budge and the 13th Earl of Galloway (2004) And companies that are worried about the costs should not underestimate the extent to which workers see pensions as part of their employment package. Times, Sunday Times Several people have suggested to me that politicians and commentators underestimate the extent to which there will be a backlash against the cuts. Times, Sunday Times Many folk still underestimate the extent to which overseas companies and funds now aim to reward investors with regular income payments as well as capital growth. Times, Sunday Times Job done, he thought, but he underestimated the extent to which they had stopped listening. Times, Sunday Times The idea that promising a vote produces uncertainty for business underestimates the extent of political uncertainty that business copes with all the time. Times, Sunday Times Even these figures may understate the extent to which prices have fallen: some experts believe the drop could be more than 30% in some areas. Times, Sunday Times Records obtained from schools and agencies likely understate the extent to which the federal government has paid for degrees from diploma mills and other unaccredited schools. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, he understates the extent of the subsidy. Times, Sunday Times Perhaps that's because the internet has democratised news to an unprecedented extent. Times, Sunday Times They are competing to an unprecedented extent as they scour the country for new space. Times, Sunday Times Railway officials were called to war to an unprecedented extent. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 程度 Japanese: 広がり |
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