index
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(pl ~es复数作indexes; in sense 2, ~es or indices 用於下述第2义时复数作indexes或indices; in sense 3, indices 用於下述第3义时复数作indices)
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(a) list of names or topics referred to in a book, etc, usu arranged at the end in alphabetical order 索引.
(b) (also `card index) set of names, book titles, etc filed on cards, usu in alphabetical order (eg in a library) 卡片索引(如图书馆中的).
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(a) figure showing the relative level of prices or wages compared with that of a previous date (物价或工资的)指数
the cost-of-`living index 生活费用指数.
(b) ~ (of sth) (fig 比喻) thing that is a sign of sth else, esp because it increases or decreases proportionately; measure 标志; 表徵; 量度
The increasing sale of luxury goods is an index of the country's prosperity. 奢侈商品销售量日增是该国繁荣的标志.
3 (mathematics 数) small number or letter showing how many times a quantity is to be multiplied by itself; exponent 指数; 幂
In b3n + x, 3 and n are indices. 在b3n + x式中, 3和n是指数. index, v
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(a) [Tn] make an index for (sth) 为(某事物)编索引
The book is not well indexed. 这部书索引做得不好.
(b) [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (in sth) enter sth in an index 将某事物编入索引
index all the quoted names in a book 把书中提到的所有人名编入索引.
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~ sth (to sth) link (wages, pensions, etc) to increases in prices, etc 将(工资、 养老金等)与物价等的上涨相联系.
Mathilde! I've got some wonderful news. We've been invited to the ball at the palace.
玛蒂尔德!我有一个极好的消息。我们被邀请去参加宫庭舞会。
On our way home that night I looked down and saw that the necklace was not around my neck any more. I told Pierre. We rushed back to the palace and looked for it.We asked everyone there if they had found a necklace, but without luck. We couldn't find it;