extent

　　长度,面积,范围 the length or area to which sth extends

　　程度,限度 a stated degree

　　参考例句

　　1. The extent or range of function, power, or competence; scope.

　　范围，界限功能，权力或能力的范围，界限;范围

　　2. What colour do you like to some extent reflects what kind of person you are.

　　你喜欢的颜色在一定程度上反映你是哪一类的人(你的性格)

　　3. Packaging engineering and environmental protection, to some extent, is a community of the contradiction.

　　包装工程与环境保护，在某种程度上是一对矛盾的共同体

　　参考例句

　　1.N-SING If you are talking about how great, important, or serious a difficulty or situation is, you can refer to the extent of it. 程度

　　例：The government itself has little information on the extent of industrial pollution.

　　政府本身对工业污染的程度知之甚少

　　2.N-SING Theextentof something is its length, area, or size. 长度; 广度; 范围

　　例：Industry representatives made it clear that their commitment was only to maintain the extent of forests, not their biodiversity.

　　业界代表们申明他们只承诺维持森林的规模而不是其生物多样性

　　3.PHRASE You use expressions such as to a large extent, to some extent, or to a certain extent in order to indicate that something is partly true, but not entirely true. 在很大/某种/一定程度上

　　例：It was and, to a large extent, still is a good show.

　　它曾是而且在很大程度上仍是一个好节目

　　例：To some extent this was the truth.

　　在某种程度上这是事实

　　4.PHRASE You use expressions such as to what extent, to that extent, or to the extent that when you are discussing how true a statement is, or in what ways it is true. 在何种/那种/这种/程度上

　　例：Its still not clear to what extent this criticism is originating from within the ruling party.

　　现在还不清楚这个批判在多大程度上源自执政党内部

　　5.PHRASE You use expressions such as to the extent of, to the extent that, or to such an extent that in order to emphasize that a situation has reached a difficult, dangerous, or surprising stage. 到 /那种/如此地步

　　例：Ford kept his suspicions to himself, even to the extent of going to jail for a murder he obviously didnt commit.

　　福特把自己的怀疑藏在心里，即使到了要为他显然没有犯的谋杀罪而入狱的地步他也不说

　　常见用法

　　用作名词

　　A particle has no extent so that its position is a point.

　　质点没有广度因此它的位置是一个点

　　As a result, the Census Bureau should obtain a better picture of the extent of intermarriage in the United States.

　　这样，人口普查局就能够更好地了解美国异族通婚的广度

　　Percentage increase in extent size.

　　范围大小增加的百分比

　　The extent of the regions was determined by the descriptor basicity.

　　这三个数据区的范围大小是由算符的碱性度决定的

　　But the true extent may never be known.

　　但是监听的范围到底有多大不得而知

　　Percentage increase in extent size.

　　范围大小增加的百分比

　　To a great extent you are right.

　　你在很大程度上是对的

　　Perhaps the last remark was true, to an extent.

　　也许最后一句话在一定程度上是真的