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N-SING
大小;(尤指龐大的)規模,范圍,程度
If you refer to the scale of something, you are referring to its size or extent, especially when it is very big.
例句
However, he underestimates the scale of the problem...
然而，他低估了問題的嚴重性。
You may feel dwarfed by the sheer scale of the place...
看到此處氣勢如此恢宏，你可能會覺得自己很渺小。
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等級;級別;等級體系
A scale is a set of levels or numbers which are used in a particular system of measuring things or are used when comparing things.
例句
...an earthquake measuring five-point-five on the Richter scale...
里氏 5.5 級地震
The patient rates the therapies on a scale of zero to ten...
患者按十分制給這些治療方法打分。
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(根據年齡、工種等核定的工資或費用)級別,標準
A pay scale or scale of fees is a list that shows how much someone should be paid, depending, for example, on their age or what work they do.
例句
...those on the high end of the pay scale...
工資級別最高的人
A Registered Osteopath will be pleased to tell you his scale of fees before you decide on a consultation.
在病人決定是否就診之前，注冊整骨醫師會很樂意告知其收費標準。
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(地圖、圖紙、模型的)比例，比例尺
The scale of a map, plan, or model is the relationship between the size of something in the map, plan, or model and its size in the real world.
例句
The map, on a scale of 1:10,000, shows over 5,000 individual paths.
該地圖以 1:10,000 的比例尺顯示了 5,000 多條不同道路。
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ADJ
(模型或復制品)按比例縮小的
A scale model or scale replica of a building or object is a model of it which is smaller than the real thing but has all the same parts and features.
例句
Franklin made his mother an intricately detailed scale model of the house.
富蘭克林為他的母親制作了一個復雜精細的房屋模型。
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音階
In music, a scale is a fixed sequence of musical notes, each one higher than the next, which begins at a particular note.
例句
...the scale of C major.
C 大調音階
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魚鱗;(爬行動物的)鱗片
The scales of a fish or reptile are the small, flat pieces of hard skin that cover its body.
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N-PLURAL
天平;秤;磅秤
Scales are a piece of equipment used for weighing things, for example for weighing amounts of food that you need in order to make a particular meal.
例句
...a pair of kitchen scales.
一臺廚房秤
...bathroom scales...
浴室體重秤
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VERB
爬越;攀登;翻過
If you scale something such as a mountain or a wall, you climb up it or over it.
例句
In 1981, five members of a climbing party died while scaling Mount Hood.
1981 年，一支登山隊的5名隊員在攀登胡德峰時遇難。
The men scaled a wall and climbed down scaffolding on the other side.
那些男人攀上一堵墻然后順著另一側的腳手架爬了下去。
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PHRASE
與…不成比例;和…不相稱
If something is out of scale with the things near it, it is too big or too small in relation to them.
例句
The tower was surmounted by an enormous statue, utterly out of scale with the building.
那座塔的頂部矗立著一尊巨型雕像，與整個建筑完全不成比例。
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PHRASE
按比例
If the different parts of a map, drawing, or model are to scale, they are the right size in relation to each other.
例句
...a miniature garden, with little pagodas and bridges all to scale.
內有全部按比例建造的小塔和小橋的微縮花園