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]