| 单词 | index |
| 释义 | index (ɪndeks ) Word forms: indices , indexes , indexing , indexed language note: The usual plural is indexes, but the form indices can be used for meaning [sense 1]. 1. countable noun An index is a system by which changes in the value of something and the rate at which it changes can be recorded, measured, or interpreted. ...the U.K. retail price index. ...economic indices. 2. countable noun B2 An index is an alphabetical list that is printed at the back of a book and tells you on which pages important topics are referred to. There's even a special subject index. Synonyms: list, listing, key, guide 3. verb If you index a book or a collection of information, you make an alphabetical list of the items in it. This vast archive has been indexed and made accessible to researchers. [be VERB-ed] Painters and sculptors are indexed separately. [VERB-ed] She's indexed the book by author, by age, and by illustrator. [VERB noun] 4. verb [usually passive] If a quantity or value is indexed to another, a system is arranged so that it increases or decreases whenever the other one increases or decreases. Minimum pensions and wages are to be indexed to inflation. [be VERB-ed + to] 5. countable noun [usu N of/to n] If one thing is an index of another, it indicates what the other thing will be like. [formal] Weeds are an index to the character of the soil. Synonyms: indication, guide, sign, mark 6. countable noun In mathematics, indices are the little numbers that show how many times you must multiply a number by itself. In the equation 3² = 9, the number 2 is an index. [technical] 7. See also card index Collocations: air quality index Others condemned his decision not to wear a mask on a day when the air quality index was so hazardous. Times, Sunday Times They found the risk of stroke was 34 per cent higher when the air quality index was amber instead of green. Times, Sunday Times These indices were then weighted and summed to form a single total air quality index. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The initial iteration of the air quality index used standardized ambient pollutant concentrations to yield individual pollutant indices. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Different countries have their own air quality indices which are not all consistent. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The employment index also rose, after a sharp fall the previous month. Houston Chronicle Job losses hit a six-year high as the employment index fell from 48.9 to 47.2. Times, Sunday Times The employment index rose from 51 to 51.8. Times, Sunday Times He added that the upward move in the employment index suggested 'that the unemployment rate could finally be on a clear downward trajectory'. Times, Sunday Times Its employment index fell to 55.7 from 57.5. Houston Chronicle Anything below 50 on the index indicates contraction. Times, Sunday Times Presumably any positive value of the index indicates crankiness. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When firms have unequal shares, the reciprocal of the index indicates the equivalent number of firms in the industry. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A low number in this index indicates a prevailing optimistic or confident investor outlook for the future, while a high number indicates a pessimistic outlook. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A higher value of the value of the index indicates less political risk. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The household finance index measures overall perceptions of financial wellbeing. Times, Sunday Times The latest index measures 86 cities according to a survey of 2,520 professionals and rates their scores out of 1,000. Times, Sunday Times The index measures the change in consumer sentiment over time from a baseline reading of 100 in 1966. Times, Sunday Times The index measures activity among manufacturers and service providers. Times,Sunday Times The often-preferred retail price index measures of inflation also dropped back last month. Times, Sunday Times If you have a very high index of suspicion from the outset, it puts you in the position of making a completely objective judgment. Times, Sunday Times People are typically taken to surgery based on a high index of suspicion, determined by the person's signs and symptoms. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An awareness of the condition and a high index of suspicion are required in order to make the diagnosis. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Recognition of the disease requires a high index of suspicion and an extensive workup. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The clinician's index of suspicion should be guided by the prevalence of specific conditions in the community, as well as clinical judgment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The meat will also help to slow down the absorption of the starch to come, reducing its glycaemic index value and making the energy you get last longer. Times, Sunday Times The current validated methods use glucose as the reference food, giving it a glycemic index value of 100 by definition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Participants were required to score a minimum index value of 20.0 in order to pass to the next stage in the selection process. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Other types of index arbitrage include basis trading, the arbitrage between a current index value (synthetically replicated) and that of its future. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For extant hominids the index value ranges from 0.46 to 0.8, with a mean index value of 0.66. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Food and fuels account for about 13.5 per cent of the entire inflation index, about three times as much as alcohol and tobacco, and prices for both have collapsed tremendously. Times, Sunday Times We would also argue, however, that the government should use the appropriate inflation index for the job at hand. Times, Sunday Times Changing the methodology for calculating the inflation index to reduce it artificially undermines investor confidence. Times, Sunday Times Food inflation remains firmly in positive territory, while electronics recorded year-on-year inflation this month, for the first time since the shop price inflation index began in 2006. Times, Sunday Times A school district adopting the resolution may not apply for referendum exceptions or ask voters for a tax increase above the inflation index. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The vibrational excitation of the hydrogen molecule promotes dissociation on low index surfaces of copper. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The low index medium can be thought of as a potential barrier through which photons can tunnel. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It seems to me that people in their fifties or above should almost always choose high fixed rather than low indexed income. Times, Sunday Times This inverse metric can be contracted with a lower index to produce an upper index. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Persons most closely related to the original settlers have the lowest index number. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When that didn't come, all three major indexes sank. Houston Chronicle All three major indices were in the red by lunchtime. Times,Sunday Times Most companies have similar spreads - the difference between the higher and lower quote price - on major indices, currencies, commodities and shares. Times, Sunday Times But the major indexes still had their third straight monthly gain. Houston Chronicle However, all three major indices moved sharply lower. Times, Sunday Times Experts said activity in the sector - the 'engine room' of the country - hit 54.5 on a monthly index where anything over 50 signals expansion. The Sun Eurozone manufacturing activity declined for a fifth consecutive month according to a monthly index. Times, Sunday Times The committee on wpi debated this and recommended a monthly index. Outlook India The monthly index values are then averaged and compared with the initial index value to determine the calculated return. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The linear correlation between monthly index return series and the actual monthly actual return series was measured at 90.2%, with shared variance of 81.4%. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Should the index fall, an investor's initial lump sum would decrease in value but would still outperform the index. Times, Sunday Times Actively managed funds have an investment manager who buys and sells holdings in an effort to outperform an index. Times, Sunday Times It has outperformed the index over the calendar year to date, as well as over one, three and (very strongly) five years. Times,Sunday Times The slowdown was led by the services sector, which has a 30 per cent weight in the overall index. Times, Sunday Times The overall index remained in positive territory, however. Times, Sunday Times The overall index fell to a record low, even lower than the levels of past crises. Times, Sunday Times The overall index, including services activity, stood at 52.2 in the final quarter of last year, little-changed from the preceding quarter. Times, Sunday Times Each company receives a confidential report, benchmarking its performance against that of its peers and the overall index participants. Times, Sunday Times Pargo finished with the best performance index ranking, and the second-most points per game, among all playoffs participants. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This will give a performance index of 120 for tensile loading and 15 for bending. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The coalition of all these values delivers an overall performance index that has been used as a benchmark throughout the car's development. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The next loading cycle will have a different performance index with a different equation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We call the equation that needs to be maximized our performance index. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This means that even if they are doing nothing more than track the index, fund managers profit. Times, Sunday Times I prefer to invest in cheaper passive funds [which track an index]. Times, Sunday Times These include investment trusts along with exchange traded funds, which track an index or market and carry very low annual fees. Times, Sunday Times Experts argue that investors could be better off in passive funds, that simply track an index or market. Times, Sunday Times Naturally, those years of market savvy and investment acumen that allow most fund managers to 'actively' track some index or other don't come cheap. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 索引, 指数, 为…编索引 Japanese: 索引, 指数 numerical scale, 索引をつける |
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