| 单词 | incommensurate |
| 释义 | incommensurate (once / 86273 pages) adj If one thing is incommensurate with another, it doesn't fit or is out of proportion. If your expensive meal doesn't taste very good, you could say its quality is incommensurate with its cost. Things that are incommensurate just don't match — they're disproportionate or off-kilter. Your little brother's loud mouth might be incommensurate with his tiny size, and your small appetite could be incommensurate with the enormous banana split in front of you. The commensurate part of this word comes from the Late Latin commensuratus, literally "measured with," or "equal," and the prefix in- means "not." WORD FAMILYcommensurate: commensurable, commensurately, commensurateness, incommensurate+/commensurable: commensurably, incommensurable/incommensurable: incommensurably USAGE EXAMPLESThe nomenklatura capitalists, whose Vuitton bags and Rolex watches were suspiciously incommensurate with their official salaries, began to patronize native-born designers. The New Yorker(Mar 21, 2016) Even in England, where she has won prizes and critical acclaim, her reputation is incommensurate with her spectacular originality. New York Times(Jun 10, 2015) However, "the budget and staffing are entirely incommensurate with its goals". Nature(Apr 23, 2015) adj not corresponding in size or degree or extent a reward incommensurate with his effort Syn|Ant disproportionate not proportionate incommensurablenot having a common factor unequalpoorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure commensurate corresponding in size or degree or extent coextensive, conterminous, coterminousbeing of equal extent or scope or duration commensurablecapable of being measured by a common standard proportionateagreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree equalhaving the same quantity, value, or measure as another |
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