measurable

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mea·su·ra·ble /ˈmeʒərəbəl/ adjectiveadj

1 IMPORTANTlarge or important enough to have an effect that can be seen or felt 明显的，显著的 SYN noticeable

The law has had little measurable effect since it was introduced two years ago.

这条法规自两年前推行以来收效甚微。

2 MEASUREable to be measured 可测量的，可度量的 OPP immeasurable

measurable results

可衡量的结果

—measurably adverbadv

The company is working to make its environmental performance measurably better.

该公司正在努力使自己在环境保护方面的表现有较大进步。

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measurable• Pain and suffering are not measurable.• Inflation, if you assume the consumer price index is overstated, is barely measurable.• The physical world is not bound by chains of measurable and universal regularity.• While the technique had little impact on infants, it produced measurable benefits with 7 to 9 year olds.• Although the exchanged particles are virtual, they certainly do produce a measurable effect-they make the earth orbit the sun!• Radio waves are electromagnetic waves with a very long wavelength, measurable in metres.• In a nation in which almost everything needs fixing, not much measurable progress has been made.• He's made no measurable progress toward his accomplishing his goals.• measurable rainfall• Its attraction was that it has the advantage of any competitive sport, that measurable results can be easily obtained.• They may have measurable standards, some priorities and maybe even benchmarks and deadlines.• Try to help them be objective and set themselves realistic, measurable targets.

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