第一百零一讲

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    Para. 6a In factory farms, animals suffering exists on an almost unimaginable scale. Thousands of animals are confined in extremely small spaces to maximize production.
unimaginable
    adj. 不可想象的；难以理解的；异乎寻常的 If you describe something as unimaginable, you are emphasizing that it is difficult to imagine or understand properly, because it is not part of people's normal experience.
    The scale of the fighting is almost unimaginable... 战斗的规模几乎无法想象。
    The children here have lived through unimaginable horrors. 这里的孩子经历了难以想象的恐惧。
    adv. unimaginably
    Conditions in prisons out there are unimaginably bad. 那里的监狱条件恶劣得无法想象。

    scale
    1. 单数名词大小;(尤指庞大的)规模,范围,程度 If you refer to the scale of something, you are referring to its size or extent, especially when it is very big.
    However, he underestimates the scale of the problem.. 然而，他低估了问题的严重性。
    You may feel dwarfed by the sheer scale of the place... 看到此处气势如此恢宏，你可能会觉得自己很渺小。
    full-scale; large-scale; small-scale
    scale
    2.等级;级别;等级体系 A scale is a set of levels or numbers which are used in a particular system of measuring things or are used when comparing things.
    …an earthquake measuring five-point-five on the Richter scale... 里氏 5.5 级地震
    The patient rates the therapies on a scale of zero to ten... 患者按十分制给这些治疗方法打分。

    scale
    3. 复数名词 天平;秤;磅秤 Scales are a piece of equipment used for weighing things, for example for weighing amounts of food that you need in order to make a particular meal.
    a pair of kitchen scales. 一台厨房秤
    ...bathroom scales... 浴室体重秤
    I step on the scales practically every morning.
    我几乎每天早上都称一下体重。
    scale
    4. (地图、图纸、模型的)比例，比例尺 The scale of a map, plan, or model is the relationship between the size of something in the map, plan, or model and its size in the real world.
    The map, on a scale of 1:10,000, shows over 5,000 individual paths.
该地图以 1:10,000 的比例尺显示了 5,000 多条不同道路。