
好词典

源自拉丁语 'magnitudo'(大小、重要性),通过古法语 'magnitude' 进入英语,复数形式表示多种量级或程度。
❶ 表示事物的大小、数量或程度,常用于描述物理量、地震等级或重要性等抽象概念。
“The earthquake measured 7.2 on the Richter scale, one of the largest magnitudes ever recorded.”
(这次地震达到里氏7.2级,是有记录以来最大震级之一。)
“There's a huge difference in magnitudes between these two investments.”
(这两项投资的规模差距巨大。)
orders of magnitude — 用于比较两个数值相差十倍或更大的量级差异,强调数量级的悬殊。
“The new processor is faster by several orders of magnitude.”
(新处理器的速度提升了数个数量级。)