quantity

单词音标

quantity音标[\'kwɒntәti]

汉语翻译

n. 量, 数量, 总量

【计】 数量; 量

【医】 量, 分量, 数量

【经】 数量, 定量, 定额

相关词组:

a great quantity

a large quantity of

in quantity

词型变化

名词复数:quantities

词意辨析

quantity, amount, number, sum

这些名词均有“总数、总量”之意。

quantity: 书面用词，指事物的总量和总数量，侧重大批计量，含准确测量的意味。

amount: 普通用词，与quantity近义，但强调整体，指把所有数量、重量及度量归并在一起得出的总数。

number: 普通用词，指人或物的数目，强调数的概念。

sum: 普通用词，指简单加算的结果。

英语解释

名词 quantity:

how much there is of something that you can quantify

同义词：measure, amount

an adequate or large amount

something that has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable

例句

The new sales director is still a bit of an unknown quantity.

新来的销售部主任大家还不大了解。

This company is more concerned with quality than with quantity.

这家公司对质量比对产量更重视。

The factory turns out a large quantity of paper products.

这家工厂生产大量的纸制品。

A large quantity of air-conditioners has been sold since the temperature is high.

因为气温很高，有大量空调售出。

It was a bad year for films, in terms of both quantity and quality.

今年的电影无论从数量上还是质量上都说不上好。

详细解释

quan.ti.ty

n.（名词）

【复数】 quan.ti.ties 缩写 qt.,qty.

A specified or indefinite number or amount.

数量：特定的或不确定的数或量

A considerable amount or number:

大量：可观的数或量：

例句：

sells drugs wholesale and in quantity.

大量批发销售药品

An exact amount or number.

量：确定的数或量

The measurable, countable, or comparable property or aspect of a thing.

可计算的数额：一事物可测量的、可计算的或可比较的特性或方面

Mathematics Something that serves as the object of an operation.

【数学】 量：作为运算对象的物体

Linguistics The relative amount of time needed to pronounce a vowel, consonant, or syllable.

【语言学】 音量：发出某元音、辅音或音节所需时间的相对量

The duration of a syllable in quantitative verse.

音节长短：在音量的诗歌中某音节的音长

Logic The exact character of a proposition in reference to its universality, singularity, or particularity.

【逻辑学】 （命题的）量：关于某一命题的普遍性、独特性或特殊性的正确属性

来源：

Middle English quantite

中古英语 quantite

from Old French

源自 古法语

from Latin quantit3s quantit3t-

源自 拉丁语 quantit3s quantit3t-

from quantus [how great] * see k wo-

源自 quantus [多大] *参见 k wo-