The AU is a cosmic measuring rod, and the basis of how we scale the Universe today.
天文单位是宇宙的标尺，是我们今天测量宇宙的基础。
The company has been committed to providing customers with high-quality measuring instruments and cutting tools.
本公司一直致力于为用户提供高质量的测量仪器和切削工具。
Examinations are probably a poor instrument for measuring the quality of education because they concentrate on grades instead of abilities.
考试可能不是一个衡量教育质量的好方法，因为考试更看重成绩而不是能力。
By measuring the proportion of heavier hydrogen and oxygen isotopes along a strand of hair, scientists can construct a geographic timeline.
通过测量一束头发上较重的氢和氧同位素的比例，科学家可以构建一个地理时间轴。
By measuring the time required for a signal to travel between the satellites and the antenna, the car's location can be pinned down within 100 meters.
通过测量信号在卫星和天线之间传播所需的时间，汽车的位置可以被锁定在100米误差之内。
Finally, younger ecologists have found ecological problems involving behavior and life-history adaptations more attractive than measuring physical constants.
最后，年轻一代的生态学家发现，涉及行为和生活史适应的生态问题比测量物理常量更有吸引力。
Now, Laser Spectroscopy, which is the focus of your assignment, works by measuring very precisely what parts of the spectrum are absorbed by different substances.
现在来说说激光光谱学，这是你们作业的重点，激光光谱学可以非常精确地测量光谱的哪些部分被不同物质吸收。
An astronomer might spend only a week or so each year observing at the telescope and the rest of the time measuring or analyzing the data acquired from large projects or surveys.
天文学家每年可能只花一周左右的时间用望远镜进行观察，其余时间用来测量或分析大型项目或调查中获得的数据。
The internationally recognized unit for measuring this pressure is the kilopascal.
国际公认的测量压力的单位是千帕。
That alone suggests that measuring transparency is worthwhile.
仅此就表明对透明度的衡量是值得的。
James Shore suggested an interesting way for measuring productivity.
JamesShore推荐使用一种有趣的方式来衡量生产力。
My measuring stick was the great New Yorker cartoonist William Steig.
我的标尺是《纽约客》的优秀画家威廉·斯泰格。
We have developed very specialized tools to begin measuring such impacts.
我们已经开发出非常专业的工具，用以评估这些影响。
Our life is a brief span measuring some seventy or eighty years in all.
人生短暂，总共不过七八十年。
Dung beetles vary greatly in size, measuring between 1mm and 6cm in length.
蜣螂的个头大小不一，其身长小到1毫米，大到6厘米。
Give your child a measuring cup and show him how much food to put in Rover's bowl.
给孩子一个测量杯，教他应该在罗弗的碗里放多少食物。
A new way of measuring the carbon in forests may help keep them from being cut down.
一种新的测量森林中碳含量的方法可能有助于它们免于砍伐。
Harder to quantify but still essential is measuring the "supportability" of the system.
度量系统的“可支持性”是很难量化但又是不可缺少的。
The index is now at its highest level since the FAO started measuring food prices in 1990.
这个指数现在处于联合国粮农组织1990年开始衡量食品价格以来的最高水平。
They are always measuring their own work against the standard set for the professionals' work.
他们总是对照专业人员的标准来审视自己的工作。
I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
我又举目观看，见一人手拿准绳。
Evidence provides the foundation for setting priorities, defining strategies, and measuring results.
证据能够为确定重点、制定战略和衡量成果提供依据。
When measuring our food's environmental impact, carbon isn't the only important element to consider.
当我们衡量食物对环境的影响时，碳并非是唯一要考虑的重要因素。
But since about 1993, satellites have been measuring the height of the ice and, since 2003, ice mass.
不过从1993年开始，卫星一直在测量着冰川的高度。到了2003年，冰川的具体质量也纳入测量范围。
If you understand how software works, you know the futility of measuring productivity by lines of code.
如果你理解软件的运作方式，就能知道按代码行数衡量工作效率毫无意义。
Smartphones are packed with sensors, measuring everything from the user's location to the ambient light.
智能手机里满是传感器，不管是用户的位置还是背景灯光的强弱，一切的一切它都能测量出来。
One of the fundamental tenets of quantum mechanics is that measuring a physical system always disturbs it.
量子力学的一个基本原理是测量总是会干扰到被测量物的状态。
An optical "frequency comb" is a very precise tool for measuring different colors-or frequencies-of light.
光学“频率梳”是一种精确测量光的颜色或频率的工具。
Quasars are so far away that they constitute the best frame of reference for measuring Earth's rotation rate.
到目前为止，类星体是测量地球自转最好的参照系。
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