英语辅导报高中一年级版:measure 用法小结 |
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measure一词既可用作名词,作"尺寸"、"措施"、"办法"、"手段"解;又可用作动词,作"测量"、"量度"解。现将其用法小结如下。 1.make sth.to sb.'s measure照某人的尺寸做某物。例如: Mr.Smith asked the tailor to make some new clothes to his own measure.史密斯先生要求裁缝照他的尺寸做新衣服。 2.take sb.'s measure或take the measure of sb.给某人量尺寸;take the measure of sth.给某物量尺寸。例如: The tailor took my measure for anew suit.裁缝给我量尺寸做了一套新衣服。 Miss Green took the measure of the desk for me.格林小姐替我量了一下那书桌的尺寸。 3.made to measure定做的,按照尺寸做的。例如: Here are clothes made to measure.这儿是些定做的衣服。 Was your jacket made to measure?你的夹克衫是按尺寸定做的吗? 4.by measure按尺寸。例如: We make all kinds of clothes by measure,including evening dresses and jeans.我们按尺寸做各式各样的衣服,包括晚礼服和牛仔裤。 5.take measures采取措施,这时measure通常用复数形式。例如: At the same time they are taking strong measures to protect wildlife resources.同时他们正在采取强有力的措施保护野生动物资源。 You should take effective measures to improve your working conditions.你们应采取有效措施来改善你们的工作条件。 6.测量,给……量尺寸。例如: Did you measure the distance between those two development areas?你们测量了那两个开发区之间的距离了吗? A clock measures time.钟是用来计量时间的。 有时measure可用作不及物动词。例如: Mrs.Smith picked up a ruler and measured carefully.史密斯夫人拿起尺子仔细量了量。 7.量尺寸、面积,与表示数量的词(短语)连用,其主语是表示物的名词。例如: This room measures ten metres across.这房间宽十米。 That river measures250kilometreslong and 60 metres wide.那条河长250公里,宽60米。 8.估量,衡量。如: One should measure oneself by a high standard.一个人应当以高标准要求自己。 (文/荣金龙;英语辅导报高中一年级版03~04学年第23期;版权归英语辅导报社所有,独家网络合作伙伴新浪教育,未经许可,不得以任何形式进行转载。) |
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