1 (NAmE alsogage) measuring instrument測量儀器ADJECTIVE | VERB + GAUGE | GAUGE + VERBADJECTIVE➤accurate精確的計量器➤fuel, gas, oil, petrol (BrE) 燃料表;汽油表;油量計▸➤depth, pressure, rain, temperature深度計;壓力表;雨量計;溫度計VERB + GAUGE➤check, glance at, look at, read查看儀表;看測量儀器;讀表◇The pilot checked the fuel gauge frequently.飛行員經常查看燃料表。GAUGE + VERB➤indicate sth, read sth, show sth, tell sb sth計量器顯示⋯;儀表讓某人知道⋯的量◇The fuel gauge was reading 'empty'.汽油表顯示油已用完。◇The depth gauge tells you how deep you have dived.深度計可以顯示潛水的深度。➤measure sth儀表測量出⋯gauge
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2 (NAmE alsogage) distance between rails軌道之間的距離ADJECTIVE➤broad, narrow, standard寬軌距;窄軌距;標準軌距gauge
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3 (NAmE alsogage) fact for judging sth用於判斷的事實ADJECTIVE | VERB + GAUGE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤accurate, good, reliable, useful精確的尺度;好標準;可靠的標準;有用的尺度VERB + GAUGE➤be seen as, serve as被看作標準;作為尺度◇This company is seen as a gauge of our industrial well-being.這家公司被視為衡量我們的工業是否呈良性發展的標尺。PREPOSITION➤gauge of⋯的標準gauge
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(NAmE alsogage) ADVERB | VERB + GAUGEADVERB➤accurately, correctly, precisely, properly精確/正確/準確/恰當計量▸➤carefully仔細計量VERB + GAUGE➤be able to, can能夠測量;可以估算▸➤try to試圖測量▸➤be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to難以估算;不可能測量◇It is difficult to gauge accurately how much fuel is needed.難以精確估算出需要多少燃料。
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