order of magnitude

英 [ˌɔːdər əv ˈmæɡnɪtjuːd]

美 [ˌɔːrdər əv ˈmæɡnɪtuːd]

n.  数量级(量度物理量大小的标准，用以10为底的指数表达)

计算机

牛津词典

noun

• 数量级（量度物理量大小的标准，用以10为底的指数表达）
  a level in a system of ordering things by size or amount, where each level is higher by a factor of ten
  1. The actual measurement is two orders of magnitude (= a hundred times) greater than we expected.
     实际测量结果比我们预料的大两个量级（即一百倍）。
  2. The problem is of the same order of magnitude for all concerned.
     这个问题对有关各方的影响是一样大的。

英英释义

noun

• a degree in a continuum of size or quantity
  1. it was on the order of a mile
  2. an explosion of a low order of magnitude
  Synonym:order
• a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities
  Synonym:magnitude

双语例句

• America and Russia do not face a problem of the same order of magnitude as Japan.
  美俄两国所面临问题的重要性与日本的不可同日而语。
• Potentially catastrophic tsunamis, a study says, making the risk of tsunamis an order of magnitude greater than current global estimates suggest.
  一项研究说，即便是在海地等沿海地区的断层发生一般的地震也可能导致灾难性的海啸，这让海啸的风险比目前的全球估计大了1个数量级。
• But they give an approximate order of magnitude.
  但它们反映出了大致的数量级。
• The country's debt this year will be of the same order of magnitude as it was last year.
  今年这个国家所欠的债务和去年相比在一个数量级上。
• The raw material concentration is one order of magnitude lower than the concentration in the traditional fixed state process.
  原料浓度比传统定态过程低一个数量级。
• Other witnesses have reported numbers of a similar order of magnitude.
  其他见证者报告的数量级类似。
• In troposcatter transmission it turns out that M is of the order of magnitude of100 to1000.
  在对流层散射通讯中已证明M在100到1000的数量级。
• It was found that the calculation results and the experimental data had the same order of magnitude.
  使用该方法所得到的动力特性系数的计算结果与测量值量级相同。
• China is an order of magnitude bigger even than Japan.
  中国的数量级甚至高于日本。
• So there seems to be a rough agreement on at least the order of magnitude of recent job losses.
  这样看来，至少在最近的失业情况的数量级上，前后两项调查得出了大致相同的结论。