The usual plural is indexes, but the form indices can be used for meaning 1. 复数通常为 indexes,但 indices 可以作为义项1的复数形式。
- N-COUNT 指数
An index is a system by which changes in the value of something and the rate at which it changes can be recorded, measured, or interpreted.
- ...the UK retail price index.
英国零售价格指数 - ...economic indices.
经济指数
- N-COUNT 索引
An index is an alphabetical list that is printed at the back of a book and tells you on which pages important topics are referred to.
- Curiously, the word 'gay' does not occur in the index...
奇怪的是,gay这个词没有出现在索引当中。 - There's even a special subject index.
甚至有一个专项索引。
- VERB 为(书等)编索引
If you index a book or a collection of information, you make an alphabetical list of the items in it.
- This vast archive has been indexed and made accessible to researchers...
这个存量巨大的档案室的所有文件都已编了索引,可供研究人员使用。 - Painters and sculptors are indexed separately...
画家和雕刻家被分开,分别做了索引。 - She's indexed the book by author, by age, and by illustrator.
她根据作者、年龄和插图画家分别为该书编了索引。
- VERB 使(与…)相应挂钩;使指数化
If a quantity or value is indexed to another, a system is arranged so that it increases or decreases whenever the other one increases or decreases.
- Minimum pensions and wages are to be indexed to inflation.
最低养老金和最低工资要与通货膨胀挂钩。
- N-COUNT 标志;迹象;指标
If one thing is an index of another, it indicates what the other thing will be like.
- Weeds are an index to the character of the soil.
杂草是反映土壤特征的一个指标。
- (数学中的)指数
In mathematics, indices are the little numbers that show how many times you must multiply a number by itself. In the equation 32 = 9, the number 2 is an index.
- See also: card index