| 单词 | quantity |
| 释义 | quantity (kwɒntɪti ) Word forms: quantities 1. variable noun B1 A quantity is an amount that you can measure or count. ...a small quantity of water. [+ of] ...vast quantities of food. [+ of] It takes a long time to make a large quantity. Cheap goods are available, but not in sufficient quantities to satisfy demand. Uranium is available in considerable quantity from various areas of the world. 2. uncountable noun B2 Things that are produced or available in quantity are produced or available in large amounts. After some initial problems, acetone was successfully produced in quantity. But even with those databases, the sheer quantity of data can still cause problems. Synonyms: size, measure, mass, volume 3. uncountable noun B1+ You can use quantity to refer to the amount of something that there is, especially when you want to contrast it with its quality. ...the less discerning drinker who prefers quantity to quality. In terms of quantity, production grew faster than ever before. 4. unknown quantity phrase If you say that someone or something is an unknown quantity, you mean that not much is known about what they are like or how they will behave. He is an unknown quantity for his rivals. Synonyms: enigma, mystery, problem Idioms: an unknown quantity a thing or person that you know very little about She had known Max for some years now, but he was still pretty much an unknown quantity. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: enormous quantity The favourite Finnish hot drink is coffee, of which they drink enormous quantities. Cheap Eats Guide to Europe 1994 (1993) The early days of nuclear power produced great excitement that enormous quantities of energy could be obtained from tiny amounts of fuel. Times, Sunday Times (2009) It provides an enormous quantity of information about the way people live and provides detailed and challenging interpretations of it. Introduction to Social Administration in Britain (1990) A thick layer gradually builds up, which traps huge quantities of carbon that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Constant offshore Siberian breezes bring huge quantities of fresh powder snow. Times, Sunday Times (2007) One advantage of a bespoke approach is making only what has been bought and not needing huge quantities of stock. Times, Sunday Times (2015) This she then held in place with pins and industrial quantities of hairspray. Times, Sunday Times That means industrial quantities of rain and narrow, single-track roads. Times,Sunday Times He realises that to stand a chance of winning he has to 'inject industrial quantities of shazoom' without compromising on his right-on principles. Times, Sunday Times Supercharged tomatoes packed with industrial quantities of disease-fighting plant chemicals could soon be on the menu. Times, Sunday Times Besides, you don't need to serve it up in the industrial quantities she did. Times, Sunday Times Measure the quantity of juice, put in a large pan and add 1¼ lbs of preserving or granulated sugar for each pint of juice. Times, Sunday Times The weighing-type recording gauge may also contain a device to measure the quantity of chemicals contained in the location's atmosphere. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many experimental techniques have been developed in an attempt to measure this quantity directly, but theorists and experimentalists still face many challenges. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For example, the x-axis may measure the quantity of food available while the y-axis measures the risk involved in obtaining it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It required large businesses to address pollutants released into the air, measure their quantity, and have a plan to control and minimize them as well as to periodically report. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The circuit boards of each phone contain a smorgasboard of precious metals: in minute quantities there are silver, lead, zinc, copper, tin, gold, palladium and titanium. Times, Sunday Times After programming a computer to control the air flow through each box, the scientists have released minute quantities of a compound, which smells like bananas, into just one. Times, Sunday Times The meters are hazardous and each contains only minute quantities worth a few pence. Times, Sunday Times In ancient times purple dye could only be extracted in minute quantities from a type of sea snail called the murex. Times, Sunday Times Despite these disconcerting facts, they exist in minute quantities in mascara, and their presence has not been positively linked to negatively affect health. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And they're built using a phenomental quantity of resources. Times, Sunday Times Agriculture and fish farming employs the least number of people, although the municipality contains a good quantity of resources for these enterprises. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Careful management can take advantage of this layering and increase the quality and quantity of resources that the forest can produce. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The manufacturing process produced a large quantity of waste sand, which the company sold on to cement manufacturers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This has consequences in mineral exploration, for mine depth, the energy intensity of mining, and the increasing quantity of waste rock. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By doing so, they aim to reduce the quantity of waste to landfill each year. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The group has been tentatively identified as a stone workshop due to the great quantity of waste product found there, and it may have produced flint cores. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When compliance costs are coupled with an increased quantity of waste and local opposition to disposal, they generally produce drastically increased disposal costs for hazardous waste. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Or you could gradually reduce the quantity over time. The Sun She also has to shop for groceries on a daily basis to reduce the quantity of food available at any one time. Times, Sunday Times Attempting to reduce the quantity discarded would often result in shortages. Times, Sunday Times Several antibiotics also reduce the quantity of sebum produced. Times, Sunday Times Buying organic, recycled, ethical clothes/food/cars/toys might be a novelty at first, but rather than increasing the quality of our shopping, we need to radically reduce the quantity. Times, Sunday Times In ten crisp chapters, the genre-busting variety and sheer quantity of contemporary art is ordered into a fluent framework. The Times Literary Supplement (2016) The problem is that the sheer quantity of football on the telly has diluted the overall quality. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The sheer quantity of practice cannot finally explain the manifestly apparent differences between elite performers. Times, Sunday Times (2012) His brotherin-law also sold off a significant quantity of shares at the same time. Times,Sunday Times Market sources cited talk that one shareholder was looking to place a significant quantity of shares and others speculated that the company could be in danger of breaching its covenants. Times, Sunday Times He also developed the process that made it possible to isolate the first significant quantity of plutonium and discovered several radioactive isotopes of uranium and protactinium. Times, Sunday Times Modern cigarettes produced after the 1950s, although composed mainly of shredded tobacco leaf, use a significant quantity of tobacco processing by-products in the blend. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Given enough notice, any bank should be able to obtain them in a significant quantity for their customers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In road cars, suitably adapted engines can run on biodiesel alone, or small quantities can be added to conventional diesel fuel. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Under certain circumstances a production manager will be able to produce small quantities profitably when generally only very large runs are feasible. Basic Marketing. Principles and Practice (1986) It is better to buy small quantities often. The Hayfever Handbook - a summer survival guide (1988) Only there the keepers of old pre-war knowledge remain in substantial quantity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It also exports a substantial quantity to other countries. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Shaper used the opportunity to cash out his substantial quantity of stock options, and retired from the industry for a while. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 First, it has found oil in substantial quantities. Times, Sunday Times Substantial quantities of bread are eaten with the soup. Times, Sunday Times It has a statutory duty to provide a sufficient quantity of allotments and to lease them to people living within its remit. Times, Sunday Times Every moment of our lives we are exposed to a vast array of environmental chemicals, all of which - whether synthetic or naturally occurring - can cause harm in sufficient quantity. Times, Sunday Times In order to stay fit and healthy, all vital substances must be transported in all direcflow tions, quickly and in a sufficient quantity. The Sun In the early years the phlebotomists would cheerfully try both arms and hands (even feet) until they were able to draw a sufficient quantity of blood. Times, Sunday Times If the voids are full of sand, water can't accumulate in sufficient quantity to be destructive. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Retailers contract with their suppliers to supply a quantity of product in a specified time period to a specific location at an agreed price. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The short side of the market dominates, with limited quantity demanded constraining supply in the first case and limited quantity supplied constraining demand in the second. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Because the quantities supplied for the elite were so large, he was able to smuggle out precious food. Times, Sunday Times It may be represented as a table or graph relating price and quantity supplied. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This determines the revenues of each firm (the industry price times the quantity supplied by the firm). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Cars deposit tiny quantities of platinum from catalytic converters in the drains. Times, Sunday Times The technology works by amplifying tiny quantities of the abnormal oligomers and mixing them with normal brain proteins. Times, Sunday Times Handsets also contain tiny quantities of other precious metals, including platinum, palladium and hafnium. Times, Sunday Times When purified and injected in tiny quantities it can control muscle spasms, prevent excessive blinking or loosen facial muscles. Times, Sunday Times Most nutritionists reckon these minerals are present in such tiny quantities they carry no significant health benefit. Times,Sunday Times It was sold in unlimited quantity, and contained two bonus tracks. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The items subject to the sales tax exemption may also be restricted by price (e.g., clothing up to $100), but consumers are free to buy unlimited quantity of items. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Consumers might conclude that bags made of other materials can be used and disposed of in unlimited quantities. Times, Sunday Times Second, the raw materials needed for their preparation are readily available in unlimited quantities in hardware stores, pharmacies, agricultural suppliers and even supermarkets. Times, Sunday Times If necessary, we are prepared to buy foreign currency in unlimited quantities for this pur pose. Times, Sunday Times The age of mechanical reproduction created monstrous sculptures, in vast quantity and size, wherever there was a tyrant to be feared. Times, Sunday Times It also left behind a vast quantity of paper: hundreds of thousands of wireless messages that were decoded, translated, then packed away. Times, Sunday Times The advent of big databases using modern processing power potentially makes available a vast quantity of evidence to researchers. Times, Sunday Times Cheerful indeed, doubly so an hour later after a vast quantity of red meat. Times, Sunday Times Offsetting will never be effective at compensating for the vast quantity of fuel used by aviation. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 数量 Japanese: 量 |
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