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Up until that point, Leah had followed traditional measures of success.
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The question is, how?Lawrence Patihis at the University of Southern Mississippi recently studied around 20 people with HSAM and found that they scored particularly highly on two measures: fantasy proneness ( ' , 倾向) and absorption.
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The middle-aged person, Barth continued, can see death in the distance, but moves with a measured haste to get big new things done while there is still time.
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The study, which followed more than 2,000 healthy adults between the ages of 18 and 60, found that certain mental functions—including measures of abstract reasoning, mental speed and puzzle-solving—started to dull as early as age 27.
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In spite of such temporary measures, soaring food prices and spreading hunger in many other countries are beginning to break down the social order.
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Under the law in Massachusetts, tobacco companies have to measure the nicotine content of every type of cigarette and report the results.
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The Director General of the International Labour Organization Juan Somavia notes that some countries have taken measures to address the effects of the global crisis.
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Different measures should be taken to protect one's home from burglary in addition to the wireless security system.
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After taking appropriate measures to contain the RF interference to our test lab, we tested the attack out for ourselves, and were able to verify that it's possible with the right equipment.
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What, then, are the effects of thinking about time in these different ways? Does one make us more productive? Better at the tasks at hand? Happier? In experiments conducted by Tamar Avnet and Anne-Laure Sellier, they had participants organize different activities—from project planning, holiday shopping, to yoga—by time or to-do list to measure how they performed under clock time vs task time.
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Many policy measures to control obesity(肥胖症)assume that people consciously and rationally choose what and how much they eat and therefore focus on providing information and more access to healthier foods," note the two researchers.
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The other measures include restricting portion sizes, taxing and prohibiting special price deals for junk foods, and placing warning labels on the products
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What do the Rand researchers think of many of the policy measures to control obesity?
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Borrowing ideas from alcohol control measures
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In this experiment, Wood, Lee and Perunovic measured 68 students'elf-esteem
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Measures to create job opportunities.
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Thus, time and time's relativity are measurable by any hourglass, alarm clock, or an atomic clock that can measure a billionth of a second.
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Einstein used a definition of time for experimental purposes, as that which is measured by a clock.
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What measure did the Graben Gore Restaurant take to stop stealing?
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Earlier this morning, the office asked for the public's help to measure their speed results, saying consumers deserved to get the speeds they were promised.
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In experiments conducted by Tamar Avnet and Anne- Laure Sellier, they had participants organize different activities — from project planning, holiday shopping, to yoga — by time or to-do list to measure how they performed under "clock time" vs "task time"
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Philadelphia's new measure was approved by a 13 to 4 city council vote.
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While the city council vote was met with applause inside the council room, opponents to the measure, including soda lobbyists made sharp criticisms and a promise to challenge the tax in court.
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The retail giant said the poor financial performance this year has pushed it to begin implementing $400 million in cost-cutting measures.
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They include such measures as accountable care organizations to take charge of a patient's needs with an eye on both cost and quality, and chronic disease management to make sure the seriously ill, who are responsible for the bulk of all health care costs, are treated properly.
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Measuring emissions is not a precise science, particularly when it comes to issues surrounding land use; not all nations have released up-to-date data, and in any case, emissions from some sectors such as aviation are not included in national statistics.
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It helps advertisers to measure the click-through rates.
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But researchers are improving systems to measure a teacher's performance throughout the year, and, with three years of data, it's usually possible to tell which teachers are failing.
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As a report in The New England Journal of Medicine concluded, Pretty much every proposed innovation found in the health policy literature these days is contained in these measures.
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Parents, teachers, even the kids themselves, scored the youngsters on measures like acting before thinking and persistence in reaching goals.
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Since tobacco is one of the biggest causes of premature death in the UK, a measure that tames the habit even by a fraction is worth trying.
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The passive attitude we have to climate change as individuals can be altered by counting us in — and measuring us against - our peer group.
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"Nearly everyone I know is addicted in some measure to the Internet," wrote Tony Schwartz in New York times.
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Researchers used ACT scores as a measure of intellectual aptitude.
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She's using CT scans to measure muscle size and fat, and comparing seniors on a high-protein diet with those on regular diets.
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The Jones-Klenow measure can also assess an economy's performance over time.
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The results of a recent experiment showed that professors can use standardized metrics to measure how well students do in three key areas: critical thinking, written communication, and quantitative literacy.
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To measure the effects of Internet-based distractions during class, researchers, evaluated 500 students taking an introductory psychology class at michigan State University.
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While thinking about the question, we came across a recently published article by Charles Jones and Peter Klenow, which proposes an interesting new measure of economic welfare.
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VERB
衡量;估量;评估;判定
If you measure the quality, value, or effect of something, you discover or judge how great it is.
例句
I continued to measure his progress against the charts in the doctor's office...
我继续比照医生办公室里的图表来判断他病情的发展。
A grammar school's success was measured in terms of the number of pupils who got into university...
一所文法学校成功与否是以考上大学的学生人数为衡量依据的。
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VERB
测量;度量;计量
If you measure a quantity that can be expressed in numbers, such as the length of something, you discover it using a particular instrument or device, for example a ruler.
例句
Measure the length and width of the gap...
测量一下这条缝隙的长与宽。
He measured the speed at which ultrasonic waves travel along the bone.
他测出了超声波穿过骨头的速度。
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VERB
距离(或长度、宽度、数量等)为…
If something measures a particular length, width, or amount, that is its size or intensity, expressed in numbers.
例句
The house is more than twenty metres long and measures six metres in width...
这座房子长20多米,宽6米。
This hand-decorated plate measures 30cm across...
这只手工绘制的盘子直径为30厘米。
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N-SING
相当数量;一定程度
A measure of a particular quality, feeling, or activity is a fairly large amount of it.
例句
With the exception of Juan, each attained a measure of success...
除了胡安之外,每个人都获得了相当大的成功。
The colonies were claiming a larger measure of self-government.
殖民地正要求获得更大程度上的自治。
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N-SING
(情形严重或发展到了一定程度的)体现,表现,标志
If you say that one aspect of a situation is a measure of that situation, you mean that it shows that the situation is very serious or has developed to a very great extent.
例句
It is a measure of their plight that few of them have anywhere to go to...
他们几乎全都无处可归,看得出他们是陷入了困境。
That is a measure of how bad things have become at the bank.
那简直就是银行里糟糕局面的写照。
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N-COUNT
措施;办法
When someone, usually a government or other authority, takes measures to do something, they carry out particular actions in order to achieve a particular result.
例句
The government warned that police would take tougher measures to contain the trouble...
政府警告说,警方将采取更为强硬的措施来遏制动乱。
He said stern measures would be taken against the killers...
他说将会采取严厉措施惩罚凶手。
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N-COUNT
(标准量的)一杯(烈性酒)
A measure of a strong alcoholic drink such as brandy or whisky is an amount of it in a glass. In pubs and bars, a measure is an official standard amount.
例句
He poured himself another generous measure of malt.
他又为自己倒了满满一大杯麦芽威士忌。
...a pub measure of spirits.
一杯烈酒
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N-COUNT
(音乐的)小节
In music, a measure is one of the several short parts of the same length into which a piece of music is divided.
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PHRASE
非常;极其
If you say that something has changed or that it has affected you beyond measure, you are emphasizing that it has done this to a great extent.
例句
Mankind's knowledge of the universe has increased beyond measure...
人类对于宇宙的了解已经大为增加。
She irritated him beyond measure.
她让他大为光火。
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PHRASE
附加地;除此之外地
If you say that something is done for good measure, you mean that it is done in addition to a number of other things.
例句
I repeated my question for good measure...
另外,我重复了我的问题。
For good measure, a few details of hotels were included.
除此之外还包括对宾馆的一些详细介绍。
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PHRASE
了解;熟悉;估量…的能力/掂量出…的分量;摸清…的底细
If you get or take the measure of someone or something, you discover what they are like, so that you are able to control them or deal with them. If you have the measure of someone or something, you have succeeded in doing this.
例句
The governments of the industrialized world had failed to get the measure of the crisis...
工业化国家的政府没能意识到这次危机的严重程度。
Has he taken the measure of us and concluded that we're not willing to risk a life?...
他有没有掂掂我们的分量,知道我们并不愿冒生命危险?
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PHRASE
在某种程度上/在很大程度上
If something is true in some measure or in large measure, it is partly or mostly true.
例句
Power is in some measure an act of will...
权力在某种程度上是意志的表现。
In Britain, we have so far escaped, in large measure, either of these afflictions.
在英国,我们迄今为止已经远远地避开了这两类麻烦。
Noun
1. the act or process of measuring;
"the measurements were carefully done""his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate"2. a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated;
"they set the measure for all subsequent work"3. how much there is of something that you can quantify
4. any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal;
"the situation called for strong measures""the police took steps to reduce crime"5. a statute in draft before it becomes law;
"they held a public hearing on the bill"6. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
7. musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats;
"the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song"8. measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements
Verb
1. determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of;
"Measure the length of the wall"2. express as a number or measure or quantity;
"Can you quantify your results?"3. have certain dimensions;
"This table surfaces measures 20inches by 36 inches"4. place a value on; judge the worth of something;
"I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"