四级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.

那么，以这些不同的方式思考时间会产生什么影响呢？一个能让我们更有效率吗？更好地完成手头的任务？更快乐的？在Tamar Avnet和Anne Laure Sellier进行的实验中，他们让参与者组织不同的活动，从项目规划、假日购物到按时间或待办事项列表进行瑜伽，以衡量他们在时钟时间和任务时间下的表现。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级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.

在思考这个问题时，我们看到了查尔斯·琼斯和彼得·克莱诺最近发表的一篇文章，其中提出了一个有趣的新经济福利指标。

2018年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级Researchers used ACT scores as a measure of intellectual aptitude.

研究人员使用ACT分数作为智力倾向的衡量标准。

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读

考研So, what Kennedy was referring to was that while GDP has been the most common method for measuring the economic activity of nations , as a measure , it is no longer enough.

因此，肯尼迪所指的是，虽然GDP一直是衡量各国经济活动最常用的方法，但作为一种衡量标准，它已经不够了。

2017年考研阅读原文

考研So what Kennedy was referring to was that while GDP has been the most common method for measuring the economic activity of nations, as a measure, it is no longer enough.

因此，肯尼迪所指的是，虽然GDP一直是衡量各国经济活动最常用的方法，但作为一种衡量标准，它已经不够了。

2017年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级The passive attitude we have to climate change as individuals can be altered by counting us in — and measuring us against - our peer group.

作为个体，我们对气候变化的消极态度可以通过将我们算在我们的同龄人群体中——并与之相对照——来改变。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级The passive attitude we have to climate change as individuals can be altered by counting us in—and measuring us against—our peer group.

作为个体，我们对气候变化的消极态度可以通过将我们计算在内并对照我们的同龄人群体来改变。

2015年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

高考In a society that tends to measure everything in terms of dollars and cents, we learn form a young age to consider the costs of our decisions in financial terms.

在一个倾向于用美元和美分衡量一切的社会里，我们从小就学会从财务角度考虑我们的决策成本。

2015年高考英语浙江卷 完形填空 原文

四级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.

因此，任何沙漏、闹钟或原子钟都可以测量时间和时间的相对性，而原子钟可以测量十亿分之一秒。

2011年6月听力原文

六级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.

测量排放量不是一门精确的科学，特别是当涉及到土地使用的问题时；并非所有国家都公布了最新数据，而且在任何情况下，航空等某些部门的排放量都不包括在国家统计数据中。

2016年6月阅读原文

考研If it clears the House, this measure would still have to get through the Senate where someone is bound to point out that it amounts to the bare, bare minimum necessary to keep the Postal Service afloat, not comprehensive reform.

如果这项措施在众议院获得通过，那么它仍必须在参议院获得通过，在参议院一定会有人指出，这是维持邮政服务正常运行所必需的最低限度，而不是全面改革。

2018年考研阅读原文

考研It may be said that the measure of the worth of any social institution is its effect in enlarging and improving experience; but this effect is not a part of its original motive.

可以说，衡量任何社会制度价值的标准是其扩大和改进经验的效果；但这一效应并不是其最初动机的一部分。

2009年考研翻译原文

四级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.

尽管市议会的投票在议会大厅里赢得了掌声，但包括苏打水游说者在内的反对者提出了尖锐的批评，并承诺在法庭上挑战该税。

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

高考It found many youngsters now measure their status by how much public approval they get online, often through "likes".

调查发现，许多年轻人现在通过网上获得多少公众认可来衡量自己的地位，通常是通过“喜欢”来衡量。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

六级There is no easy way to measure racism directly; instead psychologists assess what is known as "implicit bias", using a computer-based test that measures how quickly people associate positive and negative words—such as "love" or "evil"—with photos of black or white faces

没有简单的方法直接衡量种族主义；相反，心理学家通过一项基于计算机的测试来评估所谓的“内隐偏见”，该测试测量人们将“爱”或“恶”等积极和消极词语与黑白脸照片联系起来的速度

2010年6月阅读原文

六级The Jones-Klenow measure can also assess an economy's performance over time.

琼斯·克莱诺（Jones-Klenow）指标还可以评估一个经济体在一段时间内的表现。

2018年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级There is no easy way to measure racism directly; instead psychologists assess what is known as "implicit bias", using a computer-based test that measures how quickly people associate positive and negative words—such as "love" or "evil"—with photos of black or white faces.

没有简单的方法直接衡量种族主义；相反，心理学家通过一项基于计算机的测试来评估所谓的“内隐偏见”，该测试测量人们将“爱”或“恶”等积极和消极词语与黑白脸照片联系起来的速度。

2010年6月阅读原文

六级A similar test can also measure how quickly subjects associate stereotypical traits—such as athletic skills or mental ability—with a particular group

类似的测试还可以测量受试者将刻板印象特征（如运动技能或心理能力）与特定群体联系起来的速度

2010年6月阅读原文

高考The bicycles will have smart phones attached to the handlebars measuring how much power is being generated for the hotel.

自行车的把手上会安装智能手机，用于测量酒店的发电量。

2016年高考英语浙江卷（10月） 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考Indeed, they made only half as many errors as those wearing their own clothes on the stroop test one way of measuring attention.

事实上，在stroop测试中，他们犯的错误只有穿着自己衣服的人的一半——这是一种测量注意力的方法。

2017年高考英语浙江卷（11月） 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

考研If it clears the House, this measure would still have to get through the Senate-where someone is bound to point out that it amounts to the bare, bare minimum necessary to keep the Postal Service afloat, not comprehensive reform.

如果这项措施在众议院获得通过，那么它仍必须在参议院获得通过，在参议院一定会有人指出，这是维持邮政服务正常运行所必需的最低限度，而不是全面改革。

2018年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研In signing the measure, California Governor Jerry Brown admitted that the law, which expressly classifies people on the basis of sex, is probably unconstitutional.

加利福尼亚州州长杰里·布朗在签署这项法案时承认，这项法律明确根据性别对人进行分类，很可能是违宪的。

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级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.

在英国，烟草是导致过早死亡的最大原因之一，因此，一项能够将吸烟习惯控制在一小部分的措施值得一试。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级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.

但研究人员正在改进衡量教师全年表现的系统，而且，通过三年的数据，通常可以判断哪些教师不及格。

2016年6月阅读原文

考研This is a lesson that rich countries can learn : When GDP is no longer regarded as the sole measure of a country’s success, the world looks very different.

这是富裕国家可以吸取的教训：当GDP不再被视为衡量一个国家成功与否的唯一标准时，世界看起来就大不相同了。

2017年考研阅读原文

六级As a measure to counter future shortages, the American government decided to establish a stockpile of oil in caves underground

作为应对未来石油短缺的措施，美国政府决定在地下洞穴中建立石油储备

2013年6月阅读原文

六级The method relies on measuring how chemical variations in drinking water show up in people's hair.

该方法依赖于测量饮用水中的化学变化如何在人的头发中出现。

2015年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

四级Under the law in Massachusetts, tobacco companies have to measure the nicotine content of every type of cigarette and report the results.

根据马萨诸塞州的法律，烟草公司必须测量每种香烟的尼古丁含量并报告结果。

2016年6月听力原文

四级Philadelphia's new measure was approved by a 13 to 4 city council vote.

费城市议会以13票对4票通过了这项新措施。

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级To measure the effects of Internet-based distractions during class, researchers, evaluated 500 students taking an introductory psychology class at michigan State University.

为了测量课堂上基于互联网的注意力分散的效果，研究人员评估了密歇根州立大学500名选修心理学入门课程的学生。

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读

六级It helps advertisers to measure the click-through rates.

它帮助广告商测量点击率。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级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

因此，任何沙漏、闹钟或原子钟都可以测量时间和时间的相对性，而原子钟可以测量十亿分之一秒

2011年6月听力原文

四级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"

在Tamar Avnet和Anne-Laure Sellier进行的实验中，他们让参与者按时间或待办事项表组织不同的活动，从项目规划、假日购物到瑜伽，以衡量他们在“时钟时间”与“任务时间”下的表现

2015年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级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.

最近的一项实验结果表明，教授们可以使用标准化指标来衡量学生在三个关键领域的表现：批判性思维、书面交流和数量素养。

2017年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

六级According to Harry Vallentine, a Canadian engineer who is researching modern steam technology, a special tank measuring 2 by 10 metres could store over 750 kilowatt hours of energy as high pressure steam, enough to pull a two-cart train for an hour or so.

据正在研究现代蒸汽技术的加拿大工程师哈里·瓦伦斯汀（Harry Vallentine）说，一个2×10米的特殊水箱可以储存750千瓦时以上的高压蒸汽能量，足以拉动一列两辆大车的火车一个小时左右。

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

考研The digital services tax now awaits the signature of President Emmanuel Macron, who has expressed support for the measure, and it could go into effect within the next few weeks.

数字服务税目前正在等待总统伊曼纽尔·马克龙（Emmanuel Macron）的签字，他已表示支持这项措施，并可能在未来几周内生效。

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级As a measure to counter future shortages, the American government decided to establish a stockpile of oil in caves underground.

作为应对未来石油短缺的措施，美国政府决定在地下洞穴中建立石油储备。

2013年6月阅读原文

考研Attempts have been made to curb this tendency, for example, by trying to incorporate some measure of quality as well as quantity into the assessment of an applicant's papers.

人们试图遏制这种趋势，例如，试图在对申请人论文的评估中纳入一些质量和数量的衡量标准。

2020年考研真题（英语一）翻译 Section Ⅲ

六级Cambridge scientist Peter Wadhams who's been measuring and monitoring the Arctic since 1971, says the decline is irreversible.

剑桥大学的科学家彼得·瓦德姆斯（Peter Wadhams）自1971年以来一直在测量和监测北极，他说北极的下降是不可逆转的。

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级She's using CT scans to measure muscle size and fat, and comparing seniors on a high-protein diet with those on regular diets.

她利用CT扫描测量肌肉大小和脂肪，并将高蛋白饮食的老年人与常规饮食的老年人进行比较。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

考研This is a lesson that rich countries can learn: When GDP is no longer regarded as the sole measure of a country's success, the world looks very different.

这是富裕国家可以吸取的教训：当GDP不再被视为衡量一个国家成功与否的唯一标准时，世界看起来就大不相同了。

2017年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级"Nearly everyone I know is addicted in some measure to the Internet," wrote Tony Schwartz in New York times.

《纽约时报》的托尼·施瓦茨写道：“我认识的几乎每个人都在某种程度上沉迷于互联网。”。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级I think they do better academically and you can measure that very crudely from the examination results,I also think they do better academically because they have more opportunities to take the leading role in discussions and in managerial responsibilities.

我认为他们在学术上做得更好，你可以从考试结果中粗略地衡量这一点，我也认为他们在学术上做得更好，因为他们有更多的机会在讨论和管理责任中发挥主导作用。

2013年12月听力原文

六级This is especially true in agriculture, where sustainable development is often taken as the sole measure of progress without a proper appreciation of historical and cultural perspectives.

在农业中尤其如此，在农业中，可持续发展往往被视为衡量进步的唯一标准，而没有正确理解历史和文化观点。

2008年12月英语六级真题

六级There are many different ways to measure agricultural performance besides food yield: energy use, environmental costs, water purity, carbon footprint and biodiversity.

除了粮食产量之外，还有许多不同的方法来衡量农业表现：能源使用、环境成本、水纯度、碳足迹和生物多样性。

2008年12月英语六级真题

六级A similar test can also measure how quickly subjects associate stereotypical traits—such as athletic skills or mental ability—with a particular group.

类似的测试也可以测量受试者将刻板印象特征（如运动技能或心理能力）与特定群体联系起来的速度。

2010年6月英语六级真题

四级With a team of colleagues at Tokyo National University, he set about measuring brain volumes of a thousand people of different ages and varying occupations.

他和东京国立大学的一组同事开始测量1000名不同年龄和不同职业的人的脑容量。

1989年1月英语四级真题

四级After monitoring production of the Jarvik-7, and reviewing its effects on the 150 or so patients (most of whom got the device as a temporary measure) the U. S. Food and Drug Administration concluded that the machine was doing more to endanger lives than to save them.

在监测了Jarvik-7的生产情况，并审查了它对大约150名患者的影响（其中大多数人是作为临时措施获得该设备的）后，美国食品和药物管理局得出结论，该机器对生命的危害大于对他们的救救救。

1991年1月英语四级真题

四级An effective measure of parental attention is homework.

衡量父母注意力的一个有效方法是家庭作业。

1993年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级It is hard to measure intensity of work, but Britons give a distinct impression of going at their tasks in a more leisurely way.

很难衡量工作强度，但英国人给人的印象是以一种更悠闲的方式完成任务。

1995年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Since we are social beings, the quality of our lives depends in large measure on our interpersonal relationships.

既然我们是社会人，我们的生活质量在很大程度上取决于我们的人际关系。

2000年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级It is not necessary to establish yourself as top dog or leader of the pack (群) by using extreme measure.

没有必要把自己确立为顶尖人物或领导者(群) 通过使用极端措施。

2001年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Other scientists have proposed to use the network for tracking ocean currents and measuring changes in ocean and global temperatures.

其他科学家提议使用该网络来追踪洋流，测量海洋和全球温度的变化。

2002年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级By almost any measure , there is a boom in Internet-based instruction .

无论以何种标准衡量，基于互联网的教学都在蓬勃发展。

2007年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级The method relies on measuring how chemical variations in drinking water show up in people’s hair.

该方法依赖于测量饮用水中的化学变化如何在人们的头发中表现出来。

2009年6月英语四级考试真题

四级Similar patterns exist throughout the U. S. By measuring the proportion of heavier hydrogen and oxygen isotopes along a strand of hair, scientists can construct a geographic timeline.

类似的模式在美国各地都存在。通过测量头发上较重的氢和氧同位素的比例，科学家可以构建一个地理时间线。

2009年6月英语四级考试真题

四级They cannot measure the essentials of effective written communication: accuracy, reasoning, adequacy of evidence, good sense, ethical ( 伦理的) position, convincing argument, meaningful organization, and clarity, among others.

他们无法衡量有效书面沟通的要点：准确性、推理、证据的充分性、良好的判断力、道德（伦理的) 立场、令人信服的论点、有意义的组织和清晰等。

2015年6月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套)

四级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. "

在Tamar Avnet和Anne Laure Sellier进行的实验中，他们让参与者按时间或待办事项列表组织不同的活动，从项目规划、假日购物到瑜伽，以衡量他们在“时钟时间”和“任务时间”下的表现

2015年12月英语四级考试真题（第1套）

四级Philadelphia’s new measure was approved by a 13 to 4 city council vote.

费城市议会以13票对4票通过了这项新措施。

2019年12月大学英语四级真题（第3套）

四级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.

当市议会的投票在议会室内受到掌声时，包括苏打水游说者在内的反对者提出了尖锐的批评，并承诺在法庭上挑战该税。

2019年12月大学英语四级真题（第3套）

四级The ads criticized the measure, characterizing it as a “grocery tax.

广告批评了这项措施，将其定性为“食品杂货税”。

2019年12月大学英语四级真题（第3套）

四级The Human Development Index—a measure of life expectancy,education and per capita（人均的）income—gives East San Jose a score of 4.85 out of 10，while nearby Cupertino, where Apple’s headquarters sits, receives a 9.26.

人类发展指数——衡量预期寿命、教育程度和人均(人均的）收入——东圣何塞的得分为4.85分（满分10分），而附近的苹果总部所在地库比蒂诺的得分为9.26分。

2020年12月大学英语四级真题（第1套）

四级Taking into account eco-nomic need beyond that absolute measure,the Institute for Policy Studies found that140 million people are poor or low-income.

考虑到这一绝对指标之外的经济需求，政策研究所发现，1.4亿人处于贫困或低收入状态。

2020年12月大学英语四级真题（第2套）

四级Whatever the measure,within that massive group, poverty is extremely diverse.

无论采取何种措施，在这个庞大的群体中，贫困是极其多样化的。

2020年12月大学英语四级真题（第2套）

四级In 1986,psychologists introduced the Boredom Proneness Scale,designed to measure an individual’s overall tendency to feel bored.

1986年，心理学家推出了无聊倾向量表，旨在衡量个人感到无聊的总体倾向。

2020年12月大学英语四级真题（第2套）

考研In general, continuous exposure to sounds of over 80 decibels (a measure of the loudness of sound) can be considered dangerous.

一般来说，持续暴露在超过80分贝的声音（衡量声音响度的指标）中是危险的。

1988年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Too many schools adopt the 'win at all costs' moral standard and measure their success by sporting achievements.

太多的学校采用“不惜一切代价赢得比赛”的道德标准，并通过体育成绩来衡量他们的成功。

1995年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研The measure passed by the convincing vote of 15 to 10.

这项措施以令人信服的15票对10票获得通过。

1997年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研Hot spots, anchored in the deeper layers of the earth, provide the measuring instruments needed to resolve the question.

固定在地球深层的热点提供了解决这个问题所需的测量仪器。

1998年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研”, Sternberg notes that traditional tests best assess analytical and verbal skills but fail to measure creativity and practical knowledge, components also critical to problem solving and life success.

”，Sternberg指出，传统的测试最能评估分析和语言技能，但无法衡量创造力和实践知识，这些也是解决问题和生活成功的关键组成部分。

2007年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题

考研It may be said that the measure of the worth of any social institution is its effect in enlarging and improving experience, but this effect is not a part of its original motive.

可以说，衡量任何社会制度价值的标准都是它在扩大和改善经验方面的效果，但这种效果并不是它最初动机的一部分。

2009年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题