視頻對話:
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Yes. He's still working on the detonator.
看見了。他還在弄引爆器。
Are you able to gauge his progress?
能看見他弄了多少了嗎?
He already has one of the four circuits reconfigured.
他還原了1個電路,還差3個。
本期學習詞匯:
gauge
n.測量的標準或范圍;尺度,標準;測量儀器;評估
vt.(用儀器)測量;確定容量,體積或內容;評估,判斷;采用
例句:
1. He gauged the wind at over thirty knots...
他測出風速在30節以上。
2. Distance is gauged by journey time rather than miles.
距離以行程時間而非英里數來計算。
3. His mood can be gauged by his reaction to the most trivial of incidents.
從他對雞毛蒜皮的小事的反應就可以判斷出他的情緒。
4. The index is the government's chief gauge of future economic activity.
這一指數是政府判斷未來經濟活動的主要依據。
5. The point is that we have to have a context, a gauge for our actions in all this.
重點是我們需要一個背景,一個度量我們行為的標準。
n. 上下文,環境,背景