名词量级; 巨大，广大; 重大，重要; （地震）级数
1. of the first magnitude : a. 头等重要的；
magnitude
1. of the first magnitude : a. 头等重要的；
名词
1. magnitude
1. Stars of the first magnitude are the brightest.
第一等级的星是最明亮的。
2. magnitude
2. The magnitude of the epidemic was frightening.
那种流行病传播的范围之大令人恐惧。
3. No one comprehended the magnitude of the problem then.
当时无人认识到这一问题的严重性。
4. It is difficult to imagine the magnitude of the universe.
宇宙的广大很难想象。
5. I want to know the magnitude of this equipment.
我想知道这个设备的大小。
1. magnitude的翻译
1. 震级：虽然都是描述地震,强度和烈度两个完全不同的概念.强度用震级(MAGNITUDE)衡量,指的是地震时释放的能量.烈度(INTENSITY)则是指地震造成的危害.很明显,一个地震的强度是固定的,而同一强度的地震,
2. 数量：但是这些数量(magnitude)不能等同于的经济学概念的利润和亏损,千万不能混淆了它们. 如果一个税法把某个数量称为利润,那么实际上它就决定了应收税款的高度. 它把这个数量称为利润是因为它想在公众的心目中为税收政策而正名.
1. 巨大;庞大;重要(性)
If you talk about the magnitude of something, you are talking about its great size, scale, or importance.
e.g. An operation of this magnitude is going to be difficult...
这么大的手术实施起来十分困难。
e.g. These are issues of great magnitude...
这些问题极为重要。
2. 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.
e.g. ...the 1.2 magnitude star Fomalhaut...
星等为1.2 的北落师门星
e.g. 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。
3. 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.
e.g. 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。
4. 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.
e.g. 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。