新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

gaugeIELTS重点词汇

英 [geɪdʒ]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

gauges
1. [C 可数名词] 测量仪器
A gauge is a device that measures the amount or quantity of something and shows the amount measured.
双语例句
例：
temperature gauges.
温度计。
例：
The unit keeps track of usage and, like a fuel gauge on a car, warns when the card is getting close to empty.
该设备记录使用情况，并像轿车上的燃料计量器一样，当该卡接近用空时予以警示。
例：
The pilot reads the altitude gauge, of course; but there are other people watching.
海拔计量器当然是由飞行员来读，但也有其他人在看着。
2. [SING 单数型名词] （评价、判断的）标准
A gauge of someone's feelings or a situation is a fact or event that can be used to judge them.
近义词
measure
双语例句
例：
The index is the government's chief gauge of future economic activity.
这个指数是政府对未来经济活动的主要判断标准。

VERB. 动词

gauges , gauging , gauged
1. [T 及物动词] （常指用仪器）测量
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.
近义词
measure
双语例句
例：
He gauged the wind at over thirty knots.
他测量出风速为30节以上。
例：
Distance is gauged by journey time rather than miles.
距离以旅行时间而非英里数来测定。
2. [T 及物动词] 判定
If you gauge people's actions, feelings, or intentions in a particular situation, you carefully consider and judge them.
近义词
assess
双语例句
例：
His mood can be gauged by his reaction to the most trivial of incidents.
他的情绪可以通过他对最琐碎的小事的反应来判定。

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