quantify

1. V-T If you try to quantify something, you try to calculate how much of it there is. 確定…的數(shù)量[usu with brd-neg]

It is difficult to quantify an exact figure as firms are reluctant to declare their losses. 很難確定一個(gè)準(zhǔn)確的數(shù)字，因爲(wèi)各家公司不願(yuàn)公佈它們的虧損情況。