2N-VAR [with supplement, oft num N, Nof num, NOUN num]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. 星等(指星的亮度);震级;(爆炸的)强度 [technical]
...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。
3PHRASE 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. 程度;重要性
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。
4PHRASE 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. 数量级
The time delay would be smaller by eight orders of magnitude.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + MAGNITUDE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤considerable, great相當重大;巨大的量➤unprecedented空前的規模➤sheer極大的量級➤relative相對的規模➤sufficient足夠的量◇a fall in costs of sufficient magnitude to enable us to reduce prices足以讓我們降價的成本跌幅➤small少量VERB + MAGNITUDE➤appreciate, comprehend, grasp, realize, understand領會重要性;理解重要性;意識到重要性◇They failed to comprehend the magnitude of the problem.他們沒有理解問題的嚴重性。➤assess, determine, estimate, measure, quantify評估規模;確定規模;測量規模;量化規模➤underestimate對重要性估計不足◇They appear to underestimate the magnitude of such influences.他們似乎低估了此類影響的程度。PREPOSITION➤in magnitude在量上◇The effects were substantial in magnitude.就量而言,成效相當可觀。PHRASES➤of the first magnitude第一星等的(表示星體亮度的等級);極重大的◇Stars of the first magnitude are visible to the naked eye. (astronomy天文學) 一等星肉眼就能看見。◇a disaster of the first magnitude極其嚴重的災難➤of comparable magnitude, of similar magnitude類似規模的;相近等級的◇We will face challenges of a similar magnitude.我們將面臨類似規模的挑戰。➤(by) an order of magnitude(以)一個量級◇Her calculation was out by several orders of magnitude.她的計算結果差了幾個數量級。