1840, from Medieval Latin quantificare, from Latin quantus "as much," correlative pronominal adjective (see quantity) + facere "to make" (see factitious). Literal sense of "determine the quantity of, measure" is from 1878. Related: Quantified; quantifying.
实用例句
1. The risks to health are impossible to quantify.
健康的风险是无法用数量表示的。
来自《权威词典》
2. The cost of the fire damage is impossible to quantify.
这次火灾的损失是无法计算的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. It is difficult to quantify an exact figure as firms are reluctant to declare their losses.
由于各家公司都不愿意公布所受的损失，所以很难得出一个精确的数字。
来自柯林斯例句
4. We can quantify these contributions with reference to Fig . 5.
我们可以用图5中的参数来定量地表示这些因素的影响.
来自辞典例句
5. These disease burdens are difficult to quantify in nutritional terms.
