scale

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scale 作为名词指刻度、规模或鳞片,作为动词表示攀登、测量或按比例调整。

用法要点

介词搭配

scale 常与介词 on、to、up、down 搭配,表示在特定规模上或调整规模。on a large scale 指大规模,scale up/down 表示扩大或缩小。

• on a global scale
• scale to fit
• scale up production

句型结构

作为动词时,scale 可用于及物和不及物结构。及物如 scale the mountain(攀登),不及物如 The fish scales easily(鱼鳞易剥落)。

• scale the wall
• scale back expenses
• scale off

语域说明

scale 在学术和商务语境中多指规模或比例,如经济规模;在日常对话中可指秤或鳞片,语体较中性。

• economies of scale
• bathroom scale
• fish scale

基础例句

Can you check your weight on the bathroom scale?

你能在浴室秤上称一下体重吗?

The fish has shiny scales that reflect light.

这条鱼有闪亮的鳞片,能反射光线。

We need to scale back our spending to save money.

我们需要缩减开支来省钱。

高级例句

The company plans to scale up production to meet increasing demand.

公司计划扩大生产以满足日益增长的需求。

In economics, economies of scale reduce costs as output increases.

在经济学中,规模经济会随着产量增加而降低成本。

The map is drawn to a scale of 1:50,000 for accurate representation.

这张地图按1:50,000的比例绘制,以确保准确表示。

高频搭配

verb

scale upscale downscale backscale the heightsscale a wall

adjective

large scalesmall scaleglobal scaleindustrial scalemassive scale

noun

pay scaletime scalescale modelscale drawingbathroom scale

adverb

easily scalerapidly scalegradually scale

preposition

on a scaleto scaleat scalein scale

phrase

scale of measurementscale the mountainscale new heightsscale factor

常见错误

❌ 错误:He scaled the mountain hardly.
✓ 正确:He scaled the mountain with difficulty.

hardly 意为“几乎不”,表示否定,这里应用 with difficulty 或 struggled to scale 来表达“艰难地攀登”。

❌ 错误:The scale of this project is very big.
✓ 正确:The scale of this project is very large.

在英语中,scale 作为“规模”时,常与 large 或 small 搭配,big 虽可接受但 less formal,large 更地道。

近义词辨析

climb

climb 泛指攀登,如爬树或楼梯;scale 更强调艰难或技术性地攀登,如陡峭表面。

He climbed the ladder quickly. vs. They scaled the cliff using ropes.

size

size 指物体或人的具体尺寸;scale 多指相对比例、范围或等级,如项目规模。

The size of the box is small. vs. The scale of the operation is massive.