Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense gauges, present participle gauging, past tense, past participle gauged
1VERB (常指用某種儀器)測量,測定,算出 If you gauge the speed or strength of something, or if you gauge an amount, you measure or calculate it, often by using a device of some kind. (常指用某種儀器)測量,測定,算出
He gauged the wind at over thirty knots. [VERB noun]
他測出風速在30節以上。
Distance is gauged by journey time rather than miles. [VERB noun]
2N-COUNT [oft n NOUN]測量儀器;計量儀 A gauge is a device that measures the amount or quantity of something and shows the amount measured. 測量儀器;計量儀
...temperature gauges.
溫度計
...pressure gauges.
壓力計
3VERB 判斷,判定(人的行動、情感或意圖) If you gauge people's actions, feelings, or intentions in a particular situation, you carefully consider and judge them. 判斷,判定(人的行動、情感或意圖)
...as he gauged possible enemy moves and his own responses. [VERB noun]
他在盤算着敵人可能的動向和自己的對策時
His mood can be gauged by his reaction to the most trivial of incidents. [VERB noun]
從他對雞毛蒜皮的小事的反應就可以判斷出他的情緒。
4N-SING (評價或判斷的)事實,依據,標準 A gauge of someone's feelings or a situation is a fact or event that can be used to judge them. (評價或判斷的)事實,依據,標準
The index is the government's chief gauge of future economic activity. [+ of]
1 (NAmE alsogage) measuring instrument測量儀器ADJECTIVE | VERB + GAUGE | GAUGE + VERBADJECTIVE➤accurate精確的計量器➤fuel, gas, oil, petrol (BrE) 燃料表;汽油表;油量計▸➤depth, pressure, rain, temperature深度計;壓力表;雨量計;溫度計VERB + GAUGE➤check, glance at, look at, read查看儀表;看測量儀器;讀表◇The pilot checked the fuel gauge frequently.飛行員經常查看燃料表。GAUGE + VERB➤indicate sth, read sth, show sth, tell sb sth計量器顯示⋯;儀表讓某人知道⋯的量◇The fuel gauge was reading 'empty'.汽油表顯示油已用完。◇The depth gauge tells you how deep you have dived.深度計可以顯示潛水的深度。➤measure sth儀表測量出⋯gauge
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2 (NAmE alsogage) distance between rails軌道之間的距離ADJECTIVE➤broad, narrow, standard寬軌距;窄軌距;標準軌距gauge
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3 (NAmE alsogage) fact for judging sth用於判斷的事實ADJECTIVE | VERB + GAUGE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤accurate, good, reliable, useful精確的尺度;好標準;可靠的標準;有用的尺度VERB + GAUGE➤be seen as, serve as被看作標準;作為尺度◇This company is seen as a gauge of our industrial well-being.這家公司被視為衡量我們的工業是否呈良性發展的標尺。PREPOSITION➤gauge of⋯的標準gauge
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(NAmE alsogage) ADVERB | VERB + GAUGEADVERB➤accurately, correctly, precisely, properly精確/正確/準確/恰當計量▸➤carefully仔細計量VERB + GAUGE➤be able to, can能夠測量;可以估算▸➤try to試圖測量▸➤be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to難以估算;不可能測量◇It is difficult to gauge accurately how much fuel is needed.難以精確估算出需要多少燃料。