Magnitude

(noun.) the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small); 'they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion'; 'about the magnitude of a small pea'.

(noun.) relative importance; 'a problem of the first magnitude'.

佛瑞德整理

• We have had the vague consciousness of assisting at a great development whose evidences to-day on every hand attest its magnitude. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• These lights dotted the hillside like stars of a low magnitude. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• And so we were most happily disappointed to find in the sequel that the guide had even failed to rise to the magnitude of his subject. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Nor could I consider the magnitude and complexity of my plan as any argument of its impracticability. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Among the applications of the telegraph which deserve special mention for magnitude and importance is the Atlantic Cable. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• As the trees would have to be cut close to the bottom--under water--it was an undertaking of great magnitude. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Standing in front of the factory office, the visitor is doubly impressed with the magnitude of the view before him. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Trees of considerable magnitude have also been brought to light. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The manufacture of _sugar_ and _glucose_ from starch is an industry of great magnitude, which has grown up in the last twenty-five years. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Among the three hundred stars observed Challis was struck by the appearance of one which presented a disk and shone with the brightness of a star of the eighth magnitude. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• I said I would be ready at half-past six, and after she was gone, stood looking at the basket, quite lost in the magnitude of my trust. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The small weight makes up in distance what it lacks in magnitude. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The Sphynx is grand in its loneliness; it is imposing in its magnitude; it is impressive in the mystery that hangs over its story. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Two offenses of a very different nature, and by no means of equal magnitude, you last night laid to my charge. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• One of my laboratory assistants went out with me and we visited many of the mines of New Jersey, but did not find deposits of any magnitude. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

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