| 单词 | quantify |
| 释义 | quantify (once / 12236 pages) v When you quantify something, you're putting it in numbers. If you're asked to quantify the fingers on your hand, you better say five. If you like math, this word is for you: quantifying is counting or expressing something in numbers. Oddly enough quantify often comes into play when people are trying to count things that can't really be counted. When a doctor asks you to rate your pain on a scale of 1 to 10, he's asking you to quantify for your pain. Michael Jordan won 6 NBA championships, but you can't quantify what made him great: his drive and determination. WORD FAMILYquantify: quantifiable, quantification, quantified, quantifies, quantifying+/quantifiable: quantifiability/quantification: quantifications USAGE EXAMPLESBut there was no way to quantify that process, other than by weight. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) And some people are tech geeks, absorbed in new ways to record or quantify or manipulate data. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Quantifying the full climate impact of U.S. oil being traded globally is complicated. Salon(Dec 26, 2016) 1v use as a quantifier Hyper define, determine, fix, limit, set, specify decide upon or fix definitely 2v express as a number or measure or quantity Can you quantify your results? Syn|Hypo|Hyper measure gauge measure precisely and against a standard scalemeasure with or as if with scales metermeasure with a meter pace, stepmeasure (distances) by pacing clock, timemeasure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time fathom, soundmeasure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line titratemeasure by (the volume or concentration of solutions) by titration plumbmeasure the depth of something librate, weighdetermine the weight of mistimetime incorrectly hefttest the weight of something by lifting it carry, convey, express serve as a means for expressing something |
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