每日一词-gauge

1. 认识这个词（基础篇）

词：gauge

英英释义：to make a judgment or guess about a situation, action, or person based on the information that you have

例句：He is unable to gauge his girlfriend’s mood.

2. 体会这个词 （进阶篇）

“gauge” 常作名词表示“测量仪器”，作为动词常表示“测量” “算出”。不过，“gauge”也常被引申为“评估” “判断”的意思，常可以用来替换 evaluate, estimate, measure 等词。

比如我们有时候很难判断一个人的心情如何，就可以用到 gauge:

He is unable to gauge his girlfriend’s mood.

比如，我们认为判断“现象级英语”社群是否有价值，要看我们的会员们是否取得了进步：

The worth of Phenomenal English should be gauged by the progress its members make.

《经济学人》在讨论中国对欧洲政治和经济的影响时就用到了 gauge：

For everyone’s sake, it matters that Europeans gauge their welcome to China wisely.

3. 从认识到会用（作业）

1）翻译下面的句子：

我们不能只用财富或者知名度来评估一个人成功与否。

We cannot gauge one's success by wealthy or popularity.

（参考翻译：Success should not be gauged merely by wealth or popularity.）被动语态更好！！

2）结合自己的生活、学习、工作、兴趣等，先想象在什么语境下会用到这个表达，然后再进行造句。

 Gauging by the current food accident in Zhongxin International School, It's likely that students will have safest food in the coming week. Let's face it- The revealing facts of ugly truth will lead to the collective horror in the company thus bringing the school guaranteed hygiene food.