量化的冲动根植于我们的社会。
很难量化一个人的记忆力有多好。
就统计量化而言，它是最难以涵盖的领域之一。
It is one of the most difficult fields to contain for the purpose of statistical quantification.
因为所涉及的条件不断变化，所以农业很难量化。
Agriculture proves very difficult to quantify because of the constantly changing conditions involved.
通过对这些反应进行量化，研究人员能够确定这首歌的哪些特征最重要。
By quantifying the responses, researchers were able to determine what particular features of the song were most important.
这很难用科学的方法来量化，因为这种超感官刺激在自闭症患者之间差异很大。
This is difficult to scientifically quantify as such extra-sensory stimuli vary greatly from one autistic individual to another.
不幸的是，使用简单的量化指标来评估研究人员价值，其长期成本可能会相当大。
Unfortunately, the long-term costs of using simple quantitative metrics to assess researcher merit are likely to be quite great.
在一个领域，它付出了艰苦的努力来量化生育偏好，以得出计划生育和非计划生育的数据。
In one area, it made painstaking efforts to quantify fertility preference to derive figures for planned and unplanned pregnancies.
为了帮助量化不良饮食的成本，我最近试着以一种最著名的食物——汉堡，来估算这种影响。
To help quantify the costs of a poor diet, I recently tried to estimate this impact in terms of a most famous food, the burger.
但对整个社会来说，其成本实际上是可以量化的，如果把它们加起来，可能会达到惊人的数额。
But the costs to the whole society can actually be quantified and, when added up, can amount to staggering sums.
高知名度的运动员可以影响儿童的饮食行为，这并不奇怪，但科学家能够量化这些代言在儿童环境中的流行程度。
It's no surprise that high-profile athletes can influence children's eating behaviors, but the scientists were able to quantify how prevalent these endorsements are in the children's environment.
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