Soil should also be tested for its pH level, a measure of the acid and alkaline balance.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

And I think it's a measure of the power of Milton's anti-tyrannical language that it can be used against Milton himself.

我认为这种米尔顿的反暴政语言之力量的,衡量标准可用于弥尔顿自己身上。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

So it's a measure of how well we can do to run the refrigerator.

这是衡量,我们运行制冷机的一个量。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

A measure known as the Dream Act would put these children of undocumented immigrants on a path toward citizenship instead of possible expulsion.

VOA: special.2010.09.30

Why should the amount by which you're attracted to the Earth be also a measure of how much you hate acceleration?

为什么物体受地球引力的大小,恰好能衡量物体加速的难易程度呢

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

In California, voters passed a measure to replace their primary election system, starting next year.

VOA: special.2010.06.12

It's a measure of how much Americans are saving compared to the attractiveness America as a place to invest.

它能够衡量美国储蓄率的高低,以及外国在本国的投资情况。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

Yet such a measure could violate the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection under the law.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

He introduced the concept of electronegativity which was a measure, therefore, it is quantitative, of the atom's ability to attract electrons within a covalent bond and developed a scale of electronegativity.

他引入了电负性这一概念,一个反映着原子在成共价键时吸引电子的能力的数据标度，因此这是数量上的，在共价电子中,电子原子能吸引电子,并发展为一定规模的电负性。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

Then it joins that bill to a measure the president would veto if passed separately.

VOA: special.2010.03.11

So you can think about how these 2 things combined are going to be electronegativity, which is a measure of how much an atom wants to pull electron density away from another atom.

因此你可以想象出,这两样性质合起来就是电负性，也就是一个度量，关于一个原子,有多希望把另一个原子的电子密度拉过来的。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

Body mass index,or BMI, is a measure of a person's weight in relation to height.

VOA: special.2011.02.15

The earnings is a measure of the value of the company and typically they've been valued at something like fifteen times earnings.

收益是对公司价值的衡量,一般是以,15乘以收益的形式体现的

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

They want Congress to pass a measure called the International Violence Against Women Act.

VOA: special.2009.10.24

If we want to know your blood pressure, you put on the cuff, you've got a measure.

如果想知道你的血压,把设备压在手腕处,就得到一个测量值

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

But consumer confidence a measure of trust in the economy fell unexpectedly this month.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

As a believing Christian, Milton believes that ; the omnipotent God had every right to license, to prohibit, that apple; but it's a measure that we have to take seriously.

作为基督教的信仰者，弥尔顿相信,全能的上帝有控制禁止苹果被吃的权力;,但是我们要谨慎地把握一个度。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

They did not believe he would sign a measure that was so extreme.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

If the baby really sees it as different, the baby will look longer, and you could use that as a measure of what babies find different.

如果婴儿认为此物与之前出现物体不同,婴儿的注视时间会变长,你可以将注视时间变长,视为婴儿发现物体间区别的一种标志

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The extra measure is called a "rider" to the first bill.

VOA: special.2010.03.11

Now if you've gone to the doctor, often they'll measure your triaglyceride level as a measure of how healthy your liver is and how healthy your diet is.

现在如果你去看医生,他们通常会测你的甘油三酯水平,以此作为你的肝健康和饮食健康的指标

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

That was a measure for the depth of water.

VOA: special.2010.03.21

Some cost-benefit analyses incorporate a measure for the value of life.

有些成本效益分析,确实计算了生命的价值。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

"The alliance is 60 years old and it is a measure of our vitality that we are still welcoming new members."

VOA: standard.2009.04.04

We have a very, very strong discipline within the company, which is now 72 people, to log everything, to measure everything and to test everything.

我们公司内部,有很强的纪律性，现在公司已经有72人，负责记录一切，衡量一切，测试一切。

斯坦福公开课 - Twitter之父Jack.Dorsey演讲：好奇和灵感的力量课程节选

Pakistan's military has achieved a measure of success against Taliban militants in the Swat Valley and taken control of its main town,Mingora.

VOA: standard.2009.06.18

And then we're going to turn to the question of efficiency. How do we measure efficiency of algorithms? Which is going to be a really important thing that we want to deal with, and we'll start it today, it's undoubtedly going to take us a couple more lectures to finish it off.

然后我们会回头继续讨论效率问题,我们如何计算算法的效率？,我们处理这些问题的时候,最重要的事情是什么？,我们今天要去讨论这个问题，毫无疑问我们要用,挺多节课来学习这个。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

The effect of a disease - or a condition like obesity - can be tallied by a measure called quality-adjusted life years lost.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

And so ease of implementation is actually a very compelling -- metric against which to measure-- -- do you mind toning my voice down a bit-- is a very reasonable measure against which to measure the quality of an algorithm, right.

如此简单的实现实际上是一个很牵强的,度量，与之相对的衡量是-,如果你们不介意，我降低点音量-,是一种用来度量算法质量的,合理的方法。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

For example, the hall prove to measure the magnetic field of a crack caring club.

比如，他们准备测量,某个地方的磁场。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选