Extent
[ɪk'stent;ek-] or [ɪk'stɛnt]
解释:
(noun.) the distance or area or volume over which something extends; 'the vast extent of the desert'; 'an orchard of considerable extent'.
(noun.) the point or degree to which something extends; 'the extent of the damage'; 'the full extent of the law'; 'to a certain extent she was right'.
校对:梅勒妮--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Extended.
(n.) Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, superficies; compass; bulk; size; length; as, an extent of country or of line; extent of information or of charity.
(n.) Degree; measure; proportion.
(n.) A peculiar species of execution upon debts due to the crown, under which the lands and goods of the debtor may be seized to secure payment.
(n.) A process of execution by which the lands and goods of a debtor are valued and delivered to the creditor.
戈代娃手打
同义词及近义词:
n. [1]. Expansion, expanse, amplitude.[2]. Bulk, size, magnitude, volume.[3]. Length, reach, stretch, compass.
爱德华整理
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Degree, distance, quantity, space, size
ANT:Diminution, restriction, limitation
辛迪校对
例句:
- It demonstrated the extent of her Westernization. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Under these circumstances my first impression altered to a certain extent. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I am quite ready to go in for it, to the same extent as if I believed it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- Why, yes, he said, to that extent the people do share. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- The grounds were more than an acre and a quarter in extent, and they were filled with people! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Why should a man scrape himself to that extent, before he could consider himself full dressed? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- After which strong avowal Bella underwent reaction, and cried to any extent, with her face on the back of her chair. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- You would get to know the extent of your power too clearly. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Possibly they mingled to a certain extent. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- In waste and uninclosed lands, any person who discovers a tin mine may mark out its limits to a certain extent, which is called bounding a mine. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Secondly, In a private copartnery, each partner is bound for the debts contracted by the company, to the whole extent of his fortune. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- But what do you say of music, which also entered to a certain extent into our former scheme? 柏拉图. 理想国.
- His abilities, in both these respects, are generally in proportion to the extent of his stock, or to the number of people whom it can employ. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- He knew to the full extent only through experience, what a large place in his life was left blank when her familiar little figure went out of it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Mrs. Bagnet forgets the day to the extent of filling a pipe and a glass for Mr. Bucket and waiting upon him hospitably. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- I had a very confused knowledge of kingdoms, wide extents of country, mighty rivers, and boundless seas. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
整理:保罗