V2EX imperial system

Imperial System

定义 Definition

Imperial system(英制单位系统)是一套起源于英国的度量衡体系,包括英里、英尺、磅、盎司、加仑等单位,主要在美国、英国及少数其他国家仍在使用,与公制(metric system)相对。

发音 Pronunciation

/mpril sstm/

例句 Examples

The United States still uses the imperial system for everyday measurements.
美国在日常生活中仍然使用英制单位系统。

Converting between the imperial system and the metric system can be confusing, especially when dealing with units like ounces, which measure both weight and volume.
在英制和公制之间进行换算可能会令人困惑,尤其是在处理像盎司这样既可以表示重量又可以表示容量的单位时。

词源 Etymology

Imperial 来自拉丁语 imperialis,意为"帝国的",源自 imperium(统治、帝国)。System 来自希腊语 systema,意为"整体、组合"。Imperial system 字面意思是"帝国的体系",因为这套度量衡标准最初由大英帝国在全球范围内推行,随着英国殖民扩张传播到世界各地。1824年,英国通过《度量衡法》正式统一了这一体系,称为 British Imperial System。

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文学作品引用 Literary References

  • 在科普作品《A Short History of Nearly Everything》(Bill Bryson)中,作者多次讨论了 imperial system 与 metric system 的差异及由此引发的科学计算混乱。
  • 在 NASA 的火星气候探测者号(Mars Climate Orbiter)事故报告中,imperial system 与 metric system 的混用被认定为导致探测器坠毁的直接原因,这一事件后来被广泛引用于科技写作中。
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