| 单词 | standard of measurement |
| 例句 | I also don’t like “expecting too much” as a standard of measurement. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Taking the measure of a man after a lewd comment about your body 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z Authenticity is a notoriously slippery standard of measurement, subject to all manner of bias and oversight. Americanafest NYC at Damrosch Park Bandshell 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z The media’s new standard of measurement: Are shootings “non-life-threatening”? City leadership’s solution? Opinion | Do District voters care about D.C. Council races — or the council itself? 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z The Council uses a standard of measurement that includes non-fatal injuries and other factors, but the list stands out in that it names some very well-known companies. Workplace deaths are rising. Trump-era budget cuts could make it worse 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z The composite grade used in LA was fairly rudimentary by the standards of measurement scientists in the health care industry, but the grade was nonetheless effective in educating consumers and galvanizing improvement. The Enemy of the Good 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z "And there is no gold standard of measurement, nothing that everyone agrees on and uses to measure aspects of lifestyle." We’re So Confused: The Problems With Food and Exercise Studies 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Ordinarily, standards of measurement become more accurate over time, and for many years that seemed to be true in political polls. Why Political Polls Are So Often Wrong 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Delta led the league with a still-unimpressive 66 percent real on time arrival rate using the same standard of measurement. Airlines' 40% Failure Rate: 850,000 Passengers Will Arrive Late Today -- And Every Day 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z Most suggestions, he says, involve standards of measurement, from the dimensions of a nun's habit to the capacity of a cement truck and the length of an ammunition clip to that of a hangman's rope. Whole nine yards of what? 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Most suggestions involve standards of measurement, from the dimensions of a nun's habit to the capacity of a cement truck and the length of an ammunition clip to that of a hangman's rope. 10 slang phrases that perfectly sum up their era 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z And there is no gold standard of measurement, nothing that everyone agrees on and uses to measure aspects of lifestyle. We’re So Confused: The Problems With Food and Exercise Studies 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z The weakness of the Derby stood in sharp contrast to the Oaks, as Untapable delivered a performance that was brilliant by any standard of measurement. Beyer: California Chrome’s Kentucky Derby victory was aesthetically pleasing, historically slow 2014-05-04T17:30:00Z The much more important standard of measurement is inequality. Bringing the Apple jobs back home 2012-12-07T12:45:00Z The question is, simply, whether we are considering the facts from a purely indifferent standpoint, as historical, or from an ethical standpoint; and if from the latter, then we must have some standard of measurement. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z But the term is misleading by inferring that there is a real, known standard of measurement. Common Core won?t likely boost student achievement, analysis says 2012-02-18T13:00:00Z To reverse the standard of measurement, to transfer it from color to culture, is our problem. Unfettered A Novel 2012-02-12T03:00:15.143Z By nearly every standard of measurement – including patent volume, mergers and acquisitions, stock trades, market cap, and sheer number of technology companies – Silicon Valley outpaces Boston, and everywhere else in the United States. Why is California #1 for VC? 2012-01-20T20:24:49Z The standard of measurement was a homely one, but no doubt well understood at that time, and easily ascertained. A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River 2012-01-11T03:00:29.487Z All standards of measurement, moreover, disappear, and we lose the correct estimate of both space and time. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z Indeed, Bourgelat chose the length of the head as a standard of measurement, and the subdivisions of the head for measures of less extent. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z The problem remains of converting the number of birds involved in each directional trend to a fixed standard of measurement. A Quantitative Study of the Nocturnal Migration of Birds. Vol.3 No.2 2011-11-02T02:00:14.587Z Every man carries in himself his only possible standard of measurement of all else. Theology and the Social Consciousness A Study of the Relations of the Social Consciousness to Theology (2nd ed.) 2011-09-27T02:00:21.343Z But a people, I suppose, must first of all have love of country before it gets a standard of measurement. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z No account is taken of individuality here, where individuality is the sole standard of measurement. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z That is the apostle's standard of measurement, and by its records he registers life's conquests or defeats. The Whole Armour of God 2011-07-12T02:00:30.060Z Up to the last few centuries all standards of measurement were indefinite. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z There is no evidence to show that the Pyramids were built for astronomical purposes, and the theory that the Great Pyramid was built as a standard of measurement is equally worthless. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z The standard of measurement is a string of five shells. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z He perceived that the young, strictly religious man was right from his point of view, but rejected his whole standard of measurement with indescribably bitter irony. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z Is it possible to establish some standard of measurement by which the rank of any Sunday school can be fixed? Organizing and Building Up the Sunday School Modern Sunday School Manuals 2011-01-25T03:00:24.873Z At a recent scientific congress, held in Brussels, it was decided to prepare a standard of measurement of radium emanations. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z Stopping Out.—The two rapid ebullitions which you saw may serve you as a standard of measurement; the biting produced by them must be very light, and sufficient for the tone of the sky. A Treatise on Etching His eye had taken in wider and more extensive views, and a larger standard of measurement had unconsciously been made his own. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Panoramas also, have a very elastic method of stretching out a mile, which cab-drivers would doubtlessly not object to adopt as their own particular standard of measurement. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) The determination of standards of measurement, magnetic surveys, the solution of great geodetic problems, the mapping of the heavens and of the earth—all these are being carried on by international organizations. The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse That the members and dimensions of our own body should have been the original standards of measurement is most natural, and the terms in which they are conveyed afford a sufficient illustration of the fact. Sound Mind or, Contributions to the natural history and physiology of the human intellect This stock would last always, but would grow smaller by a true standard of measurement. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy It has scale; it imposes its own standard of measurement. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors The best the child can do, alone and unaided, should be the only standard of measurement, and his best efforts should always be accepted, no matter how crude. Primary Handwork As a matter of fact, he had ceased using ordinary standards of measurement. The Missourian She began to recall the men she knew, and concluded that she was without a standard of measurement. Claire The Blind Love of a Blind Hero, By a Blind Author In assuming that capital earns a twentieth of itself in a year, we may use a commodity standard of measurement. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy What we have to do in determining whether there has been any racial progress in morality is to take as our standard of measurement something that tests the collective conscience. Elementary Theosophy In the election of a Judge, the standard of measurement of the conscientious voter should be one of fitness only. Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight The standard of measurement these days is the ability to serve. Birdseye Views of Far Lands It now is the standard of measurement for all other races. Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements You have a single standard of measurement that you apply to all alike, which alike condemns or justifies. The Dominant Dollar Now mensurability implies the existence of actual, definite limits, since without them there could be no fixed relation between the given object and the standard of measurement, and, consequently, no possibility of exact mensuration. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Our standard of measurement is a false one. The New Theology Our conceptions of things depend mainly upon two conditions: first, the clearness of our vision of truth and duty; and secondly, the standard of measurement and comparison. George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God This perfection of the figures proves, as Squier and Davis remark, that “the builders possessed a standard of measurement, and had a means of determining angles.” Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology The standard of measurement is the length of the days in the month Poseideon. The Athenian Constitution And how, I ask, was this to be ascertained, when I possessed no standard of measurement about my person? The Boy Tar Her husband used to joke her about her being good for a standard of measurement because she stood just five feet in height, and weighed precisely one hundred pounds. Bert Lloyd's Boyhood A Story from Nova Scotia The Great Lakes, the Prairies, the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, the Mississippi and the Missouri, furnished new standards of measurement for the achievement of this industrial democracy. The Frontier in American History One thousand of these watts make a kilowatt, and the latter is the standard of measurement by which a dynamo or motor is judged or rated. Electricity for Boys Pica is universally considered as the standard type, just as the foot is the standard of measurement. Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.) Considering that I had no standard of measurement within reach—neither yard-stick, nor foot rule, nor graduated scale of any kind—you will naturally conclude that I must have abandoned the problem. The Boy Tar The Sagas, which in many things are ironical or reticent, do not conceal their standard of measurement or value, in relation to which characters and actions are to be appraised. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature The length of a hempen cable is 101 fathoms, and a cable's length, as a standard of measurement, usually placed on charts, is assumed to be 100 fathoms or 600 ft. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" There must be a standard of measurement in electricity as well as in dealing with iron or vegetables or fabrics. Electricity for Boys Whenever men are discussing the frantic enthusiasm of some fellows of the game I always recall the following episode as a standard of measurement. Football Days Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball When he gravely cites the shrewd and ingenious Benjamin Franklin as the most considerable man whom America has yet produced, we must respectfully but firmly take exception to his standard of measurement. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin As M. Breton has well remarked, they were the standards of measurement. The Wonders of Pompeii As Captain Metcalfe has said: "Whatever be the standard of measurement, it suffices for comparison if it be generally accepted, if it be impartially applied, and if the results be fully recorded." The Psychology of Management The Function of the Mind in Determining, Teaching and Installing Methods of Least Waste For convenience of reference and description philatelists have adopted, as a standard of measurement, the space of two centimetres. What Philately Teaches A Lecture Delivered before the Section on Philately of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, February 24, 1899 Our astronomical unit and standard of measurement is the distance of the earth from the sun—92,500,000 miles. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work Besides, have not the standards of measurement been different at different times? The Cathedral This gives a very convenient standard of measurement, as every inch rise above the zero mark indicates 1 lb. of pressure. Things To Make So a favorite son could hardly have retained the purity that women take as a standard of measurement. The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him There is no great difference, after all, between the ordinary laborer and the railroad president; both are servants, and the standard of measurement to be applied to each man is the same. Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" The standard of measurement by which the life tests itself and others is a new consciousness that there is absolute right and absolute wrong apart from all external coverings. The Unfolding Life A Study of Development with Reference to Religious Training As Secretary to the British Association Committee on Electrical Standards he played a leading part in providing electricians with practical standards of measurement. Heroes of the Telegraph The root connection between good, goods, and God is worth everyone's attention, A hundred dollars is simply a standard of measurement for so much of God's good things. The Conquest of Fear He thus certainly adopts different standards of measurement, not only for the American as distinguished from the British vessels, but even among the various American vessels themselves. The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans The individual's standard of measurement—his poetic foot-rule, so to speak—is very elastic,—"made of rubber" indeed, as the experiments of many psychological laboratories have demonstrated beyond a question. A Study of Poetry To a boy Tripoli might seem a long way from Italy--even in Asia Minor; but when he grew up his standards of measurement would be altered. If I May The consternation in the Ellsworth party was past calculating by any known standards of measurement. The Best American Humorous Short Stories But it is important to note that this is not God's standard of measurement; it is man's, and adopted only for man's convenience. The Conquest of Fear Measure by cupfuls the capacity of several utensils in constant use and thus establish a few standards of measurement. School and Home Cooking A flea indeed leaps; and, by all report, in a way that far beats a tiger—taking the standard of measurement from the bodies of the competitors. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2 Almost always the most visible and obvious standard of measurement will determine the rules of the game: such as money, power, popularity, applause, or Mr. Veblen's "conspicuous waste." Public Opinion This elementary life has as yet not acquired positive standards of measurement. The Nature of Goodness All the standards of measurement furnished us by experience are as inadequate as is a child's cup to measure the ocean. Time and Change The same natural standards of measurement are in use almost everywhere, the man's foot, the extent of his outstretched arms, his height. Emile By this standard of measurement, this nation, two or three generations ago, consisted of mere cripples, paralytics, dead men, as compared with the men of to-day. The American Claimant What other standards of measurement does our civilization normally provide? Public Opinion Much attention would be requisite in fixing on either the upper or lower edge of the ancient beaches as the standard of measurement, and in rendering this line conspicuous. More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Tom Green County was once the standard of measurement. Roads of Destiny There can be no society without exchange, no exchange without a common standard of measurement, no common standard of measurement without equality. Emile In the world's standard of measurement they are primitive, very primitive indeed. The Land of Footprints Clearly the various staffs would need to adopt, wherever possible, standards of measurement that were comparable. Public Opinion |
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