magnitude

英 [ˈmæɡnɪtjuːd]

美 [ˈmæɡnɪtuːd]

n.  巨大; 重大; 重要性; 星等; 星的亮度; 震级

复数：magnitudes　

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牛津词典

noun

• 巨大；重大；重要性
  the great size or importance of sth; the degree to which sth is large or important
  1. We did not realize the magnitude of the problem.
     我们没有意识到这个问题的重要性。
  2. a discovery of the first magnitude
     一项极重要的发现
• 星等；星的亮度
  the degree to which a star is bright
  1. The star varies in brightness by about three magnitudes.
     星体的亮度大约分三个星等。
• 震级
  the size of an earthquake

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 巨大;庞大;重要(性)
  If you talk about themagnitudeof something, you are talking about its great size, scale, or importance.
  1. An operation of this magnitude is going to be difficult...
     这么大的手术实施起来十分困难。
  2. These are issues of great magnitude...
     这些问题极为重要。
  3. 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。
• N-VAR 星等(指星的亮度);震级;(爆炸的)强度
  Magnitudeis used in stating the size or extent of something such as a star, earthquake, or explosion.
  1. ...the 1.2 magnitude star Fomalhaut...
     星等为1.2 的北落师门星
  2. 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。
• PHRASE 程度;重要性
  You can useorder of magnitudewhen you are giving an approximate idea of the amount or importance of something.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE 数量级
  In mathematics, if one amount is anorder of magnitudelarger than another, it is ten times larger than the other. If it is twoorders of magnitudelarger, it is a hundred times larger.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
  1. they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion
  2. about the magnitude of a small pea
• relative importance
  1. a problem of the first magnitude
• a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities
  Synonym:order of magnitude

双语例句

• What is the difference between intensity scales and magnitude scales?
  地震的烈度和震级之间有什么区别？
• But the magnitude and characteristics of the impact vary considerably across countries and regions.
  然而，危机对各国和各地区具有不同程度的影响和特点。
• A variable that has magnitude and direction.
  一种具有大小和方向的量。
• The country's debt this year will be of the same order of magnitude as it was last year.
  今年这个国家所欠的债务和去年相比在一个数量级上。
• An operation of this magnitude is going to be difficult
  这么大的手术实施起来十分困难。
• It's the magnitude squared of the velocity.
  这是速度大小，的平方。
• In the last 10 years researchers have advanced by roughly an order of magnitude.
  在过去10年中，研究人员大约前进了一个数量级。
• It's always opposing the velocity, so this is the magnitude of the resistive force.
  总是和速度相反，这是阻力的大小。
• "the world may never witness a ceremony of the magnitude and ingenuity as that which opens the2008 olympics," it said.
  世界可能再也看不到像2008年北京奥运会如此规模宏大而又独具匠心的开幕式。
• Many studies are made on the pattern of earthquake occurrence in space, time and magnitude.
  对地震发生的空间，时间和震级的图像作了许多研究。