metric
metric — 形容詞
1. relating to a decimal measurement system based on the metre, kilogram, and litre
公制的
以公尺、公升等為基本單位的度量系統
relating to a decimal measurement system based on the metre, kilogram, and litre.
Trang used metric measurements for her chemistry experiment at school.
Trang 在學校的化學實驗中使用了公制測量。
metric measurements [collocation]
The recipe from the French cookbook gave all quantities in metric units.
那本法文食譜中的所有份量都是以公制單位標示的。
metric units [collocation]
Most European countries adopted the metric system in the nineteenth century.
大多數歐洲國家在十九世紀就採用了公制。
Otis bought a set of metric wrenches for repairing his bicycle.
Otis 買了一組公制扳手來修理腳踏車。
The harbour can handle vessels carrying up to fifty thousand metric tonnes of cargo.
該港口可以處理載重量高達五萬公噸的貨輪。
- imperial
refers to the British system using inches, feet, pounds, etc.
文法句型
metric + noun
用法筆記
Attributive only — this sense almost always appears before a noun (metric system, metric units, metric measurements). It is not used predicatively (❌ 'This system is metric' sounds unnatural in most everyday contexts).
常見錯誤
2. relating to the regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line o
格律的
詩歌中音節輕重安排的節奏規則
relating to the regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry, which creates a steady rhythm or beat.
The professor explained the metric pattern of Shakespeare's sonnets.
教授解釋了莎士比亞十四行詩的格律模式。
metric pattern of [something]
Roya analysed the metric structure of each stanza for her literature essay.
Roya 為了她的文學作業分析了每一節詩的格律結構。
The poet used a strict metric scheme with exactly ten syllables per line.
那位詩人採用了嚴格的格律安排，每行正好十個音節。
Christopher compared the metric feet in two different eighteenth-century odes.
Christopher 比較了兩首十八世紀頌詩中不同的格律音步。
- prosaic
ordinary, not having the structured rhythm of verse
文法句型
metric + noun
用法筆記
This sense belongs to literary analysis and poetry studies. It is a technical term in prosody and rarely appears outside academic writing about verse. The synonymous adjective 'metrical' is more common in this domain.
常見錯誤
metric — 名詞
1. a standard or set of numbers used to measure, compare, or track the performance,
衡量指標
用來測量或比較表現的數據標準
a standard or set of numbers used to measure, compare, or track the performance, quality, or progress of something — such as sales figures, test scores, or website visitors.
Customer satisfaction is the most important metric for the hotel chain.
顧客滿意度是這家連鎖飯店最重要的衡量指標。
key / important metric [collocation]
The marketing team presented several metrics to show campaign growth.
行銷團隊提出了多項衡量指標來說明活動的成長情況。
metrics as countable plural noun
Sana compared the sales metrics from the first and second quarters.
Sana 比較了第一季和第二季的銷售指標。
The school uses graduation rates as a metric of student success.
這所學校以畢業率作為學生成果的衡量指標。
Marco monitors the website traffic metrics every Monday morning.
Marco 每週一早上都會監控網站流量指標。
文法句型
metric + of + noun
key metric
performance metric
用法筆記
Extremely common in business and technology contexts. Often appears in the plural ('metrics') when referring to multiple data points. Do not confuse with 'metre' (a unit of length).
常見錯誤
2. in mathematics, a way of calculating the distance between items in a collection,
度量
定義集合中兩點距離的數學函數
in mathematics, a way of calculating the distance between items in a collection, always returning a non-negative number and respecting rules like symmetry and the triangle inequality.
The Euclidean metric defines the straight-line distance between two points in space.
歐幾里得度量定義了空間中兩點之間的直線距離。
Euclidean metric [technical term]
Tamar learned about the discrete metric in her topology lecture this semester.
Tamar 這學期在拓撲學課上學到了離散度量。
João showed that the Manhattan distance formula satisfies all conditions of a metric on a city grid.
João 證明了曼哈頓距離公式滿足城市網格上度量函數的所有條件。
The Euclidean metric on a flat map acts like a ruler measuring the straight line between two towns.
在平面地圖上，歐幾里得度量就像用尺測量兩個城鎮之間的直線距離。
- distance function
a more descriptive everyday term for the same mathematical concept
- metric function
alternative phrasing used in textbooks
文法句型
metric + on + noun phrase
metric + for + noun phrase
用法筆記
This is a highly technical mathematical term from the field of topology and analysis. It is almost never used outside of advanced university-level mathematics. The most well-known example is the Euclidean metric, which corresponds to ordinary distance.
metric — 形容詞
1. a suffix forming adjectives meaning 'relating to a particular measuring instrume
儀器測量的
與某種測量儀器或裝置相關的
a suffix forming adjectives meaning 'relating to a particular measuring instrument' — for instance, a thermometric measurement is one taken with a thermometer.
The barometric pressure dropped sharply before the thunderstorm arrived.
暴風雨來臨前，氣壓計的讀數急遽下降。
barometric pressure [common compound]
Élise recorded the thermometric readings every hour during the heatwave.
Élise 在熱浪期間每小時記錄溫度計的讀數。
The hydrometric data showed that the river level had risen by two metres.
水文測量數據顯示河水位已上升了兩公尺。
Photometric analysis showed that the new LED bulbs were thirty percent brighter.
光度分析顯示新的 LED 燈泡亮度提高了百分之三十。
文法句型
[instrument] + -metric
用法筆記
This is not a standalone word but a combining form (suffix) attached to instrument names ending in '-meter'. Common compounds: barometric (barometer), thermometric (thermometer), hydrometric (hydrometer), photometric (photometer). Learners should recognise these as 'relating to [measuring instrument]'.
2. used as a suffix to form adjectives meaning 'of or relating to a particular art,
度量學的
與某種測量科學或學科相關的
used as a suffix to form adjectives meaning 'of or relating to a particular art, process, or science of measuring' — for example, geometric figures are those studied in geometry.
Geometric patterns appear frequently in traditional Islamic tilework.
幾何圖案經常出現在傳統的伊斯蘭磁磚工藝中。
geometric patterns [common compound]
Sari used trigonometric functions to calculate the height of the building.
Sari 利用三角函數計算了那棟建築物的高度。
The surveyor made precise topographic measurements of the mountain slope.
測量員對山坡進行了精確的地形測量。
Telemetric sensors on the satellite relayed real-time temperature data back to mission control.
衛星上的遙測感測器將即時溫度資料傳回任務控制中心。
文法句型
[science] + -metric
用法筆記
Like sense 3, this is a combining form (suffix). It attaches to names of sciences or fields that end in '-metry' (geometry → geometric, trigonometry → trigonometric, topography → topographic, astronomy → astronomic). The meaning is always 'relating to the field or science of X-measurement'.