核心畫面

Think of holding a tape measure against something and reading the number off it. That number — how long, how wide, how tall — is the measurement. The word points first at the figure you end up with, and then, more loosely, at the whole business of going and getting that figure.

可以想成你拿著捲尺貼在東西上,然後讀出上面那個數字。那個「多長、多寬、多高」的數字就是 measurement。這個更多收起可以想成你拿著捲尺貼在東西上,然後讀出上面那個數字。那個「多長、多寬、多高」的數字就是 measurement。這個字先指你手上得到的那個數字,再往外一點,也指跑去把這個數字量出來的整件事。

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

measurementnoun/ˈmɛʒ.ə.mənt/

  • 1

    The act of measuring.

  • 2

    Value (quantity, magnitude, extent or amount) determined by an act of measuring.

    • Risk is everywhere.[…]For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you. “The Norm Chronicles”[…]aims to help data-phobes find their way through this blizzard of risks.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。