commensurate

英語

詞源

源自拉丁語 com- (表示一起的前綴) + mēnsūrō。

發音

• (英國) 國際音標^(幫助): /kəˈmɛnʃəɹət/

• （英國南部）音頻：

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• (美國) 國際音標^(幫助): /kəˈmɛnsəɹət/, /kəˈmɛnʃəɹət/

形容詞

commensurate (比較級 more commensurate，最高級 most commensurate)

1. 相稱的，相應的

   commensurate punishments

   相應的懲罰

   • 1962, Senator Mike Mansfield, "Report to the President on Southeast Asia-Vietnam"

     If it is essential in our interests to maintain a quasi-permanent position of power on the Asian mainland as against the Chinese then we must be prepared to continue to pay the present cost in Vietnam indefinitely and to meet any escalation on the other side with at least a commensurate escalation of commitment of our own.

   • 2019 October, Tony Miles and Philip Sherratt, 「EMR kicks off new era」, 出自 Modern Railways，第 54 頁:

     Kettering will become an important interchange for passengers making these journeys, and EMR is considering improvements to the station's facilities commensurate with this status.

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2. (物理學) 公度的

反義詞

• incommensurate
• discommensurate

動詞

commensurate (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 commensurates，現在分詞 commensurating，一般過去時及過去分詞 commensurated)

1. 減少至適合而相稱的量
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2. 調整；使...成比例
   • 1679, Timothy Puller, The moderation of the Church of England considered as useful for allaying the present distempers which the indisposition of the time hath contracted

     The rare temper and proportion, which the Church of England useth in commensurating the Forms of Absolution to the degrees of preparation and necessity, is to be observed

延伸閱讀

• 「commensurate」 in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• 「commensurate」，Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary，Springfield, Mass.：G. & C. Merriam，1913年，OCLC 800618302
• 「commensurate」，The Century Dictionary […]，New York, N.Y.：The Century Co.，1911，OCLC 867766587
• OneLook 在線詞典 上有關 commensurate 的釋義

意大利語

動詞

commensurate

1. commensurare 的屈折變化形式：
   1. 第二人稱複數現在時直陳式
   2. 第二人稱複數命令式
2. commensurato 的陰性複數