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复数形式
magnitudes
1
大小, 规模
the measurable size of phenomena such as distance, mass, speed, luminosity, etc. based on quantitative scale
- The magnitude of the earthquake was measured at 6.7 on the Richter scale, making it a potentially dangerous seismic event.
地震的震级在里氏震级上测得为6.7，使其成为一次潜在危险的地震事件。
- Researchers aim to better understand the true magnitude of plastic pollution in the world's oceans.
研究人员旨在更好地了解世界海洋中塑料污染的真实程度。
- It's difficult to fully comprehend the magnitude of billions of dollars in national debt.
很难完全理解国家债务数十亿美元的规模。
2
重要性, 大小
relative importance
3
量级, 数量级
a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10
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