calibre是什么意思，calibre怎么用
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calibre
SAT TEM4 IELTS TEM8
📰 外刊例句
Focusing too much attention on elite universities may be ill-advised if much of their success is attributable to the calibre of students they attract. 太过关注精英大学可能并不明智，如果它们的成功大部分应归于其吸引的学生自身的水平的话。
—— 《经济学人》
—— 《纽约时报》
📖 基本释义
[noun] the internal diameter or bore of a gun barrel
[名词] 枪炮管的内径或口径
💡 深入解读
从上面的外刊例句不难发现， calibre 一词有两种拼法，其在美式英语中拼作 caliber 。该词词源存疑，常见说法认为其源自古阿拉伯语qalib，16世纪80年代经法语calibre进入英语，原指鞋楦（鞋的成型模具）的尺寸，后来用来表示各种铸造模具的尺寸。待到火炮和火枪问世后，该词便用来表示今义指火炮的炮管和炮弹以及火枪的枪管和子弹的“口径、直径”，并进一步用来指各种筒、管、脉等的“内径”，
比如：
He throttled the guard with his bare hands and then secreted the guard's.22 calibre rifle in the bamboo thicket.他徒手掐死了卫兵，然后把卫兵口径为0.22英寸的步枪藏在了竹丛里。
We need more people of your calibre to pull the moribund company back from the brink.从口径规格这个概念出发， calibre 现在多用来引申表示某个人的“能力、才干”以及某个事物“品质、质量、质地、水准”，尤指人突出的能力水平或事物良好的品质，比如：我们需要更多像你这样有才干的人来使行将倒闭的公司起死回生。
The calibre of her teaching is very high. Even the most apathetic students are beginning to sit up and listen.她的教学质量很高。连最不感兴趣的学生都开始坐直了听讲。
📚 名著用例
It worked out in a thousand little conversations, all of which were of the same calibre . 这种气氛可以从无数次谈话中感觉出来。而且每次谈话都是大同小异。
— 出自《美国现实主义作家西奥多·德莱赛（Theodore Dreiser）创作的长篇小说《嘉莉妹妹》（ Sister Carrie ）。参见： 名著下载 | 嘉莉妹妹（Sister Carrie）》
🔍 同近义词
- trait: distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person
- merit: the quality of being particularly good or worthy, especially so as to deserve praise or reward
- character: all the qualities and features that make a person, groups of people, and places different from others
