1.[sing][u]（尤指与其他事物相比较时的）规模，范围，程度the size or extent of sth, especially when compared with sth else
They entertain on a large scale(= they hold expensive parties with a lot of guests) .他们大宴宾客。
Here was corruption on a grand scale .这里的腐败现象曾十分严重。
On a global scale, 77% of energy is created from fossil fuels.全球 77% 的能量产生自化石燃料。
to achieve economies of scale in production(= to produce many items so the cost of producing each one is reduced)实现规模生产
It was impossible to comprehend the full scale of the disaster.这场灾难的深重程度当时还无法充分认识。
It was not until morning that the sheer scale of the damage could be seen(= how great it was) .直到早晨才看清了损害的严重程度。
2.[c]等级；级别a range of levels or numbers used for measuring sth
a five-point pay scale五分制工资等级
to evaluate performance on a scale from 1 to 10按 1 到 10 级来评估业绩
3.[c][ususing]等级体系the set of all the different levels of sth, from the lowest to the highest
At the other end of the scale , life is a constant struggle to get enough to eat.对于处在社会最底层的人来说，生活就是为吃饱肚子而不断挣扎的过程。
the social scale社会等级体系
4.[c]标度；刻度a series of marks at regular intervals on an instrument that is used for measuring
How much does it read on the scale?刻度显示的是多少？
5.[pl]秤；磅秤；天平an instrument for weighing people or things
bathroom/kitchen/weighing scales浴室秤；厨房用秤；秤
the scales of justice(= represented as the two pans on a balance )法律的天平
6.[c]比例；比例尺the relation between the actual size of sth and its size on a map, diagram or model that represents it
a scale of 1:25 0001:25 000 的比例
a scale model/drawing按比例缩放的模型╱图画
Both plans are drawn to the same scale.两张平面图是按同一比例绘制的。
Is this diagram to scale(= are all its parts the same size and shape in relation to each other as they are in the thing represented) ?这个示意图是按比例画的吗？
7.[c]音阶a series of musical notes moving upwards or downwards, with fixed intervals between each note, especially a series of eight starting on a particular note
the scale of C majorC 大调音阶
to practise scales on the piano在钢琴上练习音阶
8.[c]鳞；鳞片any of the thin plates of hard material that cover the skin of many fish and reptiles
9.[u]水垢；水锈a hard greyish-white substance that is sometimes left inside water pipes and containers for heating water
10.[u]牙垢；牙石a hard substance that forms on teeth, especially when they are not cleaned regularly
1.~ sth攀登；到达…顶点to climb to the top of sth very high and steep
the first woman to scale the world's five highest peaks第一位登上世界五大高峰的女性
He has scaled the heights of his profession.他登上了他事业的顶峰。
2.~ sth去鳞to remove the small flat hard pieces of skin from a fish
3.~ sth刮除牙石to remove tartar from the teeth by scraping
The dentist scaled and polished my teeth.牙医为我刮除牙石，抛光了牙齿。
4.~ sth (from sth) (to sth)改变…的大小to change the size of sth
Text can be scaled from 4 points to 108 points without any loss of quality.正文可以从 4 点调到 108 点，但印刷质量丝毫不会降低。
qualitative description is often used to understand , analyze and conclude about spatial environment in large scale space and everyday life.
在大比例尺空间及日常生活中，人们普遍使用定性描述理解、分析和对空间环境下结论。
What distinguishes China's internationalisation from, say, that of Japan is the speed and scale of the change.
中国的国际化有别于（打个比方）日本当年的国际化的地方在于变化的速度和规模。
Another, featuring just Tony and his wife Cherie, has been sent to a wider audience - although not on the scale of the US president.
另一种贺卡上面只有布莱尔和妻子切丽，这种贺卡送给更多的人--尽管没有像美国总统那样送给那么多的人。
A cloak made of those materials, with a structure designed down to the submicroscopic scale, would neither reflect light nor cast a shadow.
在亚显微层面上设计出隐身斗篷制造材料，既不会反射光线，也不会产生投影。
But to cut back on government spending at a time of large-scale unemployment would ignore all the lessons learned from the Great Depression.
但是在失业率居高不下的时刻，削减政府开销的做法就完全忽视了从经济大萧条[2]中汲取的经验和教训。
Service Broker also makes it easy to scale your application up or down to accommodate the amount of traffic the application receives.
还可以轻松缩放应用程序，以容纳应用程序接收的通信流量。
Rational determination of production scale was one of the technical challenges for the transition from surface to underground mining.
合理确定产量规模是露天转入地下开采的关键技术难题之一。
A fire sprinkler system is often provided to control a full scale fire if it develops.
火灾自动喷水灭火系统往往是控制提供全面消防若发展。
The SEC, which seems to have been taken aback by the scale of the malfeasance, can hardly hold its head up high either.
美国证券交易委员会似乎也为此次弊案的规模所震惊，他们也无法抬起头。
The impact of the deep water deployment is definitely an unknown unknown, as it has not been used on anything like this scale before.
深海的处置措施施造成的影响显然是一个未知的未知，毕竟在此之前人们从没有处理过这么大规模的事故。
The Virgo Cluster distance has been used to give an important determination of the Hubble Constant and the scale of the Universe.
室女座星系群的距离被用作哈勃常数和宇宙尺度的一个重要定位。
Mr Ghosn admits that it is hard to overcome the "engineering bias" that is often the enemy of efficient scale in the industry.
戈洛斯承认，要想克服影响汽车产业效率的惯常敌人——“工程学偏见”的确很难。
Lines give an image depth, scale and can be a point of interest in and of themselves by creating patterns in your shot.
线条可以使一张照片加深景深，层次，而且可以通过所造成的图案成为吸引人的兴趣点。
At the beginning of this year, Big Tree decided to expend scale, he rented another bar in West Street.
今年初，大树决定扩大规模，他租下西街上的另一家酒吧。
is usually justified in terms of money, namely by the need of dividing the large investments required to build many large-scale facilities.
国际合作的必要性通常可用资金来加以正当解释，即建设许多大型科学设施所需的投资太大，需要分摊。
Low economies of scale deter some investors, because small, high-tech companies require only a few million euros in capital at a time.
规模经济效应不明显吓退了一些投资者，因为小型高科技公司有时仅需要几百万欧元的资金。
Among the Chain Scale segments, the Luxury segment was the only one to report an increase in any of the three key metrics.
在连锁酒店中，唯有豪华酒店的这三个关键指标是有所提高的。
On a global scale, "countries that supply capital equipment look like they will be the front-line beneficiaries of this package, " he said.
就全球范围来说，他认为“提供资金和设备的国家似乎成为该计划中先期的受益人”。
CA: So, in terms of that diagnostic technology that you've got, where is that, and when do you see that maybe getting rolled out to scale.
CA：那么，对于你所掌握的诊断技术而言什么时候，并且你认为什么时候这种诊断方式会规模壮大
Scale 2 measures how much of a Builder you are.
步骤一是衡量你有多属于建设者
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