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magnitude n.大小；重要；光度；（地震）级数；（星星）等级 (1) 我想知道这个设备的大小。(2) 这种流行病传播范围之广令人惶惶不安。(3) 我没意识到这个问题的重要性。(4) 据估计主震区的震级有6.(5) 第一等级的星是最明亮的。 In math, magnitude compares numbers by powers of 10. If your weekly allowance was $10, but your brother's was $100, his allowance would be one order of magnitude higher than yours. If your sister's was $10,000, hers would be three orders of magnitude higher. A difference of that magnitude is just not fair!

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英 ['mæɡnɪtjuːd] 美 ['mæɡnɪtuːd] (1) I want to know the magnitude of this equipment.(2) The magnitude of the epidemic was frightening.(3) I had not realized the magnitude of the problem.(4) The main quake was estimated at magnitude 6.6.(5) Stars of the first magnitude are the brightest. Earthquakes have great magnitude in that they are powerful. Their power is rated by their level of magnitude, or how much energy they release relative to other earthquakes. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]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.   [usu with supp]An operation of this magnitude is going to be difficult...这么大的手术实施起来十分困难。These are issues of great magnitude...这些问题极为重要。No one seems to realise the magnitude of this problem.似乎没有人意识到这个问题的严重性。2[N-VAR 可变名词]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.   [with supp]  [TECHNICAL 术语]...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。3[PHRASE 短语]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.   [order inflects]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[PHRASE 短语]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.   [order inflects]  [TECHNICAL 术语]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。

英语单词	magnitude
英美音标	英 ['mæɡnɪtjuːd] 美 ['mæɡnɪtuːd]
中文释义	n.大小；重要；光度；（地震）级数；（星星）等级
英语例句	(1) I want to know the magnitude of this equipment. (2) The magnitude of the epidemic was frightening. (3) I had not realized the magnitude of the problem. (4) The main quake was estimated at magnitude 6.6. (5) Stars of the first magnitude are the brightest.
中文例句	(1) 我想知道这个设备的大小。 (2) 这种流行病传播范围之广令人惶惶不安。 (3) 我没意识到这个问题的重要性。 (4) 据估计主震区的震级有6. (5) 第一等级的星是最明亮的。
vocabulary简明	Earthquakes have great magnitude in that they are powerful. Their power is rated by their level of magnitude, or how much energy they release relative to other earthquakes.
vocabulary扩展	In math, magnitude compares numbers by powers of 10. If your weekly allowance was $10, but your brother's was $100, his allowance would be one order of magnitude higher than yours. If your sister's was $10,000, hers would be three orders of magnitude higher. A difference of that magnitude is just not fair!
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]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. [usu with supp] An operation of this magnitude is going to be difficult... 这么大的手术实施起来十分困难。 These are issues of great magnitude... 这些问题极为重要。 No one seems to realise the magnitude of this problem. 似乎没有人意识到这个问题的严重性。 2 [N-VAR 可变名词]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. [with supp] [TECHNICAL 术语] ...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。 3 [PHRASE 短语]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. [order inflects] 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 [PHRASE 短语]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. [order inflects] [TECHNICAL 术语] 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。

Magnitude Order Great I Problem Allowance Supp [Technical