extent

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

The government itself has little information on the extent of industrial pollution. 政府本身對工業(yè)污染的程度知之甚少。

2. N-SING Theextentof something is its length, area, or size. 長度; 廣度; 范圍

Industry representatives made it clear that their commitment was only to maintain the extent of forests, not their biodiversity. 業(yè)界代表們申明他們只承諾維持森林的規(guī)模而不是其生物多樣性。

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/某種/一定程度上[含糊]

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個好節(jié)目。

To some extent this was the truth. 在某種程度上這是事實。

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. 在何種/那種/這種/程度上[含糊]

It's still not clear to what extent this criticism is originating from within the ruling party. 現(xiàn)在還不清楚這個批判在多大程度上源自執(zhí)政黨內(nèi)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…/那種/如此地步[強調(diào)]

Ford kept his suspicions to himself, even to the extent of going to jail for a murder he obviously didn't commit. 福特把自己的懷疑藏在心里，即使到了要為他顯然沒有犯的謀殺罪而入獄的地步他也不說。