2018-10-22每日一词gauge

gauge常见含义是作名词意为“测量仪器、计量仪”，作动词意为“用某种仪器测量、测定、算出”，除此之外，引申义为“判断、评估”“判定人的行动、情感、意图”，英英释义“to make a judgment or guess about a situation, action, or person based on the information that you have”，常可以用来替换 evaluate, estimate, measure 等词。

例句：比如我们有时候很难判断一个人的心情如何，可以表达为：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.

（1）翻译

我们不能只用财富或者知名度来评估一个人成功与否。

Success should not be gauged merely by wealth or popularity.

We could not gauge one's success merely by fortune or publicity.

（2）场景：餐馆可以通过设立用餐后评价来判断是否满足了顾客的需求和期望。

造句：Restaurant rely on these postprandial evaluation to gauge whether or not they are meeting the customers' needs and expectations.