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Caliber Measurement Level Ability Gun Describes Program 英

英语单词 caliber
英美音标 英 ['kælɪbə] 美 ['kæləbə]
中文释义 n.才干;口径
英语例句 (1) There is no other player even remotely approaching her caliber.
(2) I consider him a genius of the same caliber as Kurosawa or Fellini.
(3) The caliber of the vein and the artery to which it was anastomosed was similar.
(4) The moderate caliber enables the blood fluidity change to express precisely.
中文例句 (1) 就才干而言,其他选手远远赶不上她。
(2) 我认为他的才干是等同于黑泽明和费里尼的天才之流。
(3) 用同等口径的动静脉吻合。
(4) 适中的口径又使血液流动性变化得以精确表达。
vocabulary简明 Caliber is a kind of measurement that can describe either the level of a person’s ability or the diameter of a gun barrel. Your dad might be a high-caliber marksman, especially when using his .22 caliber rifle.
vocabulary扩展 Caliber describes the level of ability a person has achieved in a profession. For example, you probably wouldn't want to hire a low-caliber plumber when the toilet breaks. The caliber of an institution or a program describes the height of its standards. You might be planning to attend the high-caliber veterinary program at your state university. Caliber is also the measurement of the width inside a gun barrel, and its corresponding bullets.
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