the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small);
"they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion" "about the magnitude of a small pea"
a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10
relative importance;
"a problem of the first magnitude"
组词搭配
动词+～
appreciate the magnitude了解到重要性
limit the magnitude限制大小
realize the magnitude认识到重要性
形容词+～
great magnitude重大
immense magnitude极其重大
the first magnitude一等星
例句
用作名词(n.)
I want to know the magnitude of this equipment.我想知道这个设备的大小。
The magnitude of the epidemic was frightening.这种流行病传播范围之广令人惶惶不安。
I had not realized the magnitude of the problem.我没意识到这个问题的重要性。
The main quake was estimated at magnitude 6.6.据估计主震区的震级有6.
Stars of the first magnitude are the brightest.第一等级的星是最明亮的。
