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scale
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scale1 /skeɪl/ ●●● S2 W2 noun 
1 size/level 大小/程度 [singular, uncountableU]SIZELEVEL the size or level of something, or the amount that something is happening 规模，范围，程度
1 size/level 大小/程度 [singular, uncountableU]SIZELEVEL the size or level of something, or the amount that something is happening 规模，范围，程度on a large/small/grand etc scale
on a global/international/world scale
2 range 范围 [countableC usually singular]POSITION/RANK a whole range of different types of people or things, from the lowest level to the highest 等级，级别
3 FOR WEIGHING 用于称重scales [plural] British EnglishBrE, scale [countableC] American EnglishAmEDH a machine for weighing people or objects 秤；磅秤 → tip the balance/scales at tip2(6)
Examples from the Corpus
bathroom scales• Like all bathroom scales, ours are trod with hope and trepidation.• I spend a lot of time on the bathroom scales - too much time - I really should throw them away!• He steps on to the bathroom scales.• The bathroom scales are a shrine to which believers turn daily.
→5 see picture at 见图 measure24 measuring system 计量制 [countableC]TM a system of numbers that is used for measuring the amount, speed, quality etc of something 〔用于计量数量、速度、质量等的〕标准，级别
5 measuring marks 计量刻度 [countableC]TM a set of marks with regular spaces between them on a tool that is used for measuring, or on the side of a mathematical drawing 刻度，标度
6 map/model 地图/模型 [countableC, uncountableU]SIZE the relationship between the size of a map, drawing, or model and the actual size of the place or thing that it represents 〔实物与图表、模型之间的〕比例（尺），比率
7 music 音乐 [countableC]APM a series of musical notes that become higher or lower, with fixed distances between each note 音阶
8. fish 鱼 [countableC usually plural]HB one of the small flat pieces of skin that cover the bodies of fish, snakes etc 〔鱼、蛇等的〕鳞
10. water pipes 水管 [uncountableU]HCC a white substance that forms around the inside of hot water pipes or containers in which water is boiled 〔热水管、容器内的〕水垢，水锈
11. the scales fell from somebody’s eyes literaryREALIZE used to say that someone suddenly realized something important 恍然大悟，幡然醒悟
→ full-scaleExamples from the Corpus
the scales fell from somebody’s eyes• It's high time the scales fell from our eyes, and our bathrooms.
n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 1: the size or level of something, or the amount that something is happening
phrases
on a large scale
This technology has been developed on a large scale in the US.
on a massive/huge scale
The drug is produced on a massive scale.
on a grand scale (=very large and impressive)
The Romans built on a grand scale.
on a small scale
They started by producing and selling on a small scale.
on a human scale (=one that is small enough for people to understand and be happy with)
Architects have been asked to redesign some of the buildings on a more human scale.
on a national scale (=involving the whole country)
The survey was carried out on a national scale.
on an international scale (=involving more than one country)
Preparations to deal with an outbreak of the disease are being made on an international scale.
on a global/world scale (=involving the whole world)
This is a product that can be sold in high volumes on a global scale.
on an unprecedented scale (=more than ever before)
Propaganda techniques were used on an unprecedented scale.
economies of scale (=ways of saving money that are available to large organizations)
adjectivesMerging these departments will create economies of scale.
the full scale of something
He acknowledged that the full scale of the problem was not known.
the sheer scale of something (=used for emphasis)
He was shocked by the sheer scale of the suffering he witnessed.
n COLLOCATIONS – Meanings 2 & 4
phrases
the top of a scale
At the top of the scale come the predators.
the bottom of a scale
He started at the bottom of the pay scale.
the end of a scale (=the top or bottom)
At the other end of the scale, the youngest competitor was just sixteen years old.
further/higher up a scale
Peasants managed their land as skilfully as some people higher up the social scale.
further/lower down a scale
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + scale Bonuses are not paid to people lower down the salary scale.
the social scale
At the other end of the social scale, life is a constant struggle to get enough to eat.
the evolutionary scale (=the way in which animals have developed over time from simple ones to more complicated and more intelligent ones)
Birds are much lower on the evolutionary scale than dogs.
a pay/salary scale
verbsAs a senior teacher, she has reached the top of her pay scale.
move up/down a scale
Some farmers prospered and moved up the social scale.
Examples from the Corpus
scale• Seven of their 1:20 scale models have been chosen for exhibition and two have been combined to provide the full-scale installation.• The researchers devised a scale to measure people's attitudes toward certain types of behavior.• Hurricanes are graded on a scale from one to five, with five the strongest.• On a scale of one to ten, ten being best, his new movie is a two.• We were not expecting a public response on such a scale.• The map was drawn to a scale of one inch to the mile.• Greg stood on the bathroom scale and looked in the mirror.• How might we apply the lesson that these organizers learned on the much greater scale of an entire nation?• the F major scale• Economies of scale and the use of computers were expected to reduce administrative costs.• The salary scale goes from $60,000 to $175,000.• There is one large pointed slightly rugose tentacle scale on each pore.• Rescue workers are trying to assess the scale of the disaster.• At the other end of the scale, good advice in these shops is sometimes very expensive.• At the upper end of the scale is the Parker School, with tuition of over $9,000 a year.• Scientists are only just beginning to realize the scale of the problem.• This guy tips the scale at 400 pounds.• the scale on a thermometer• In order to ingratiate himself with the populace, he rebuilt the Temple of Jerusalem on a hitherto unprecedented scale.• The association between echographic measurement and visual scales is a simple method of evaluating the relationship between the stomach and appetite.
economies of scale• Analogously, large loans attract a lower interest rate than small loans because of the administrative economies of scale.• World trade, then, allows what economists call economies of scale.• Each has been trying to outbid the rest in an attempt to gain market share and so exploit economies of scale.• However, just to confuse matters, economies of scale plus economies of scope do not imply subadditivity.• There are a number of qualifications to this prediction, apart from the possibility of economies of scale discussed above.• Yet it is clear that transport costs can have important consequences in the presence of economies of scale.• The benefits of reaping economies of scale depend upon how far costs fall as output levels are increased.• This is not to say that mass markets have disintegrated or that economies of scale are irrelevant to competitive performance.
the evolutionary scale• This sub-order, which is further down the evolutionary scale. includes the Tarsiidae, or tarsiers.• Birds are much lower on the evolutionary scale, which is another criterion in determining what we consider cruelty to animals.• How coral colonies grow Tearing itself apart Only slightly further up the evolutionary scale in terms of reproduction are the Echinoderms.
sliding scale• The Trotskyist movement has long advocated a sliding scale of wages to meet the rising cost of living.• Its correlative, a sliding scale of hours to meet unemployment, is now becoming timely.• The disparity between solar noon and mean noon widens and narrows as the seasons change, on a sliding scale.• The rest of the kitty will be divided among the other 21 clubs on a sliding scale in units of £35,000.• The fee is on a sliding scale according to value, and nobody who appraises for us is paid for it.• What was the going rate, his professional self asked, and was it adjusted to a sliding scale?• So it was that the trade emulated this sliding scale system for the populace at large.
scale model/drawing etc• Seven of their 1:20 scale models have been chosen for exhibition and two have been combined to provide the full-scale installation.• A section on the skyscraper with amazing scale models shows the growth and diversity in this monumental building style.• It is a one-fifth scale model of Endeavour, built using traditional methods, but also allowing for modern safety requirements.• And yet, that lifetime was a kind of scale model for what followed.• Use should be made of such things as plans of models, dress patterns, scale drawings, photographs, maps.• The show features original architectural drawings, photos, scale models and videos.• A method of reconstruction which incorporates some of the advantages of both physical reconstruction and reconstruction drawings is the scale model.• This was approximately one fifth full size, but was a working mock-up rather than a true scale model.
scale2 verb
2 scale the heights to be extremely successful 登上事业的顶峰
Examples from the Corpus
scale the heights• In his etchings too, Squirrell can scale the heights.
3 [transitiveT] technical to make writing or a picture the right size for a particular purpose 改变〔文字、图片〕的尺寸大小，缩放
n4 [intransitiveI] if something will scale, it will continue to work well even if it is made bigger or comes to include more things
5 scale something ↔ down/back phrasal verbphr v REDUCEto reduce the amount or size of something 缩减，缩小 → decrease
Examples from the Corpus
scale down/back• There were iguanas, large lizards with a crest of scales along their backs.• Luther and others scaled Mary back down to a merely human, but eminently worthy, model of faith.• Some banks try to scale their prices down for small - business customers to entice them to use electronic services.• When the needle indicates 1 to 2 dots on the scale Turn back on to the inbound heading.• These equations can be scaled up or down, rotated, or anything else, without having to redefine them.• At the cliff Mitchell hung a towel on a sea-grape branch and scaled barefoot down the rocks to the colorless water.• Recipes can be automatically scaled up or down to feed any number of people.• Does it allow graphics to be scaled up or down to fit?
6 scale something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v to increase the amount or size of something 增加，扩大
Examples from the Corpus
scale up• But with a little practice you can be near the top of the scale.• I found it helpful to read the chapters on power ultrasound, commercially available equipment and scale - up considerations together.• How you could scale the system up for long-range travel.• This is because the dark scales soak up the sunlight, to warm the butterfly.• I Below it is a scaled - up version.
Examples from the Corpus
scale• Paramount released 14 films in 1995 and some reports say Redstone has asked that number be scaled back.• Sainty, like many others, had scaled down this year, leaving the million dollar plus pictures at home.• The output reading obtained with the enlarged input is then correspondingly scaled down.• Corbett has scaled El Capitan in Yosemite a record 46 times.• Chapters 9 and 10 deal with issues directly linked to scaling laws in chemistry and analytical devices.• Underneath, I have I copied the graphic into a Draw 98 frame and scaled that instead.• Marsalis scales the stratospheric extreme of the piccolo trumpet without a single bobble.• Somehow the men had scaled the twenty foot wall without setting off the alarm.• Some banks try to scale their prices down for small-business customers to entice them to use electronic services.
From Longman Business Dictionary
scalescale /skeɪl/ noun
1[singular, uncountableU] the size or level of something, especially when this is large
scale of
No-one had anticipated the scale of the redundancies (=that there would be so many).
We need to recycle plastics on a much bigger scale.
2diseconomies of scale [plural]ECONOMICS the disadvantages that a big factory, shop etc has compared with a smaller one, for example because it is more difficult to run a larger production unit
Over a period of decades, output becomes less profitable as diseconomies of scale arise.
3economies of scale [plural]ECONOMICS the advantages that a big factory, shop etc has over a smaller one because it can spread its FIXED COSTs over a larger number of units and therefore produce or sell things more cheaply
Joint production ventures allow for greater economies of scale.
4[countableC] a list of figures used for measuring and comparing amounts
→ salary scale → sliding scalescale of
a progressive scale of tax rates
Managers gave their opinion of the bond markets, ranked on a scale of one to ten.
the company pay scale
scale1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1 →n COLLOCATIONS2scale2 verb
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⇨ scale (on a scale of one to ten) ⇨ level (the full scale of the disaster) ⇨ ratio (draw sth to scale) scale verb
⇨ climb scale scale ♦︎ hierarchy ♦︎ ladder ♦︎ line ♦︎ the rankings ♦︎ pecking order These are all words for a range of levels that increase in size, importance, price, etc. 这些词均表示等级、级别、排名。 PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配 ◆ in the hierarchy / rankings / pecking order◆ on a / the scale / ladder◆ up / down the ladder / line / pecking order◆ the social scale / hierachy / ladder ◆ to move up the scale / hierarchy / ladder / rankings / pecking order ◆ to be at the top / bottom of the scale / hierarchy / ladder / rankings / pecking order ◆ high / higher / low / lower in the hierarchy / rankings / pecking order◆ sb's / sth's position / place in the hierarchy / rankings / pecking order ■ scale [countable ] a range of levels or numbers used for measuring sth; the set of all the different levels of sth, from the lowest to the highest 等级；级别；等级体系 ◆ a salary / pay scale薪水／工资等级 ◆ Please see the attached sheet for our scale of fees.我们的分级收费标准请参见附页。 ◆ Benefits are paid on a sliding scale (= the amount you get might change) , according to your income.福利费是根据收入的高低按浮动费率制发放的。 ◆ How would you judge our service on a scale of one to ten (= one being the lowest mark and ten being the highest) ?按一到十级，您如何评价我们的服务？ ◆ Farm workers were always considered to be low down on the social scale.农场工人总被认为处于社会等级的底层。 ■ hierarchy ˈhaɪərɑːki; NAmE ˈhaɪərɑːrki [countable , uncountable ] a system, especially in a society or organization, in which people are organized into different levels of importance from the highest to the lowest （尤指社会或组织的）等级制度 ◆ She's fairly high up in the management hierarchy.她位居管理层要职。 ◆ At the bottom of the corporate hierarchy are part-time low-paid workers.低薪兼职员工处于公司的最底层。 ■ ladder [countable , usually singular ] a series of stages by which you can make progress, especially in a career or organization （尤指事业或机构中晋升的）阶梯，途径 ◆ How quickly you move up the career ladder depends largely on your level of commitment.你在事业阶梯上晋升的快慢主要取决于你对工作的投入程度。 ◆ She was not interested in climbing the corporate ladder .她无意在公司里往上爬。 ■ line [countable , usually singular ] a series of people in order of importance 一系列按重要性排列的人 ◆ Who do you think is next in line for promotion?你认为谁会是下一个获得晋升的人？ ◆ He is second in line to the throne.他是王位的第二继承人。 ◆ Orders are usually passed down through the line of command .指令通常按职级逐层下达。 ■ the rankings [plural ] an official list showing the best players in a particular sport in order of how successful they are （某项体育运动的）最佳运动员排名表 ◆ He is currently 16th in the world rankings .目前他的世界排名是第16位。 ◆ The team has worked its way slowly up the rankings.这个队的排名一直在缓慢上升。 ■ ˈpecking order [countable , usually singular ] (informal ) the order of importance of sb/sth in relation to the others in a group 等级排序 ◆ Dogs high up in the pecking order are often the most aggressive.在等级排序中靠前的狗通常都最具攻击性。 ◆ They insist there is no pecking order within the team.他们坚称队内没有等级排序。
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scale
Large size: size, scale, bulk...
General words for size: size, measurement, magnitude...
General words for numbers, amounts and quantities: accumulation, allocation, allowance...
People and things arranged in a particular way: chain, circle, formation...
Describing or relating to units of measurement: absolute, calibration, exa-...
Wages and salaries: wage, salary, pay...
Maps, using maps and map making: atlas, A to Z, boundary...
Notes in the musical scale: A, b, bass...
Products of chemical reactions and processes: crystal, dioxin, distillate...
Dentistry: amalgam, brace, bridge...
Parts of fish: fin, gill, mandible...
Mountaineering, rock climbing and caving: abseil, abseiling, ascend...
Prepare food for cooking or eating: bake, beat, blanch...
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