1840, from Medieval Latin quantificare, from Latin quantus "as much," correlative pronominal adjective (see quantity) + facere "to make" (see factitious). Literal sense of "determine the quantity of, measure" is from 1878. Related: Quantified; quantifying.
雙語例句
1. The risks to health are impossible to quantify.
健康的風(fēng)險是無法用數(shù)量表示的。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. The cost of the fire damage is impossible to quantify.
這次火災(zāi)的損失是無法計算的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. It is difficult to quantify an exact figure as firms are reluctant to declare their losses.
由于各家公司都不愿意公布所受的損失，所以很難得出一個精確的數(shù)字。
來自柯林斯例句
4. We can quantify these contributions with reference to Fig . 5.
我們可以用圖5中的參數(shù)來定量地表示這些因素的影響.
來自辭典例句
5. These disease burdens are difficult to quantify in nutritional terms.