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magnitude
[英] [ˈmæɡnitju:d] [美] [ˈmæɡnɪˌtud, -ˌtjud] 生词本

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1. N-UNCOUNT 巨大;庞大;重要(性) If you talk about the magnitude of something, you are talking about its great size, scale, or importance. 

  • An operation of this magnitude is going to be difficult...

    这么大的手术实施起来十分困难。

  • These are issues of great magnitude...

    这些问题极为重要。

  • No one seems to realise the magnitude of this problem.

    似乎没有人意识到这个问题的严重性。

2. N-VAR 星等(指星的亮度);震级;(爆炸的)强度 Magnitude is used in stating the size or extent of something such as a star, earthquake, or explosion. 

  • ...the 1.2 magnitude star Fomalhaut...

    星等为1.2 的北落师门星

  • The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 had a magnitude of 8.3.

    1906年旧金山地震的震级为8.3级。

3. PHRASE 程度;重要性 You can use order of magnitude when you are giving an approximate idea of the amount or importance of something. 

  • America and Russia do not face a problem of the same order of magnitude as Japan.

    美俄两国所面临问题的重要性与日本的不可同日而语。

4. PHRASE 数量级 In mathematics, if one amount is an order of magnitude larger than another, it is ten times larger than the other. If it is two orders of magnitude larger, it is a hundred times larger. 

  • The time delay would be smaller by eight orders of magnitude.

    如果按8个数量级来看，延时量会显得小一些。

Noun

1. the property of relative size or extent;

  • "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"

2. a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10

3. relative importance;

  • "a problem of the first magnitude"

天文学

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  • 1.星等
  • 2.恒星和其他天体的亮度的一种量度。

航海科技

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  • 1.星等

计算机

  • 1.数量；大小；幅度；(量)值[MAG]
1. I hadn't realized the magnitude of the problem.
我没有认识到这个问题的重要性。

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2. I want to know the magnitude of this equipment.
我想知道这个设备的大小。

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3. Stars of the first magnitude are the brightest.
一等星最明亮。

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4. The auditorium is a building of great magnitude.
这个大礼堂是一栋巨大的建筑物。

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