unknown quantity
英 [ˌʌnˈnəʊn ˈkwɒntəti]
美 [ˌʌnˈnoʊn ˈkwɑːntəti]
未知量;未知数
英英释义
noun
- a variable whose values are solutions of an equation
- a factor in a given situation whose bearing and importance is not apparent
- I don't know what the new man will d
双语例句
- If he was to quench his thirst for knowledge, he could do nothing other than explore the unknown quantity.
他要满足求知欲没有别的办法，只能到自己陌生的领域中去探索。 - Phrases like "a number" or "the number" tell us our expression has an unknown quantity, called a variable.
像一个数或这个数之类的短语，告诉我们表达式中含有一个未知量，称之为变量。 - In algebra, the sign x usually denote an unknown quantity.
在代数中，x符号通常代表一未知的量。 - The problem is that in both opposing Mr Obama and putting distance between himself and President Bush, Mr McCain became an unknown quantity and hence a risk.
问题在于麦凯恩既要对抗奥巴马，又要与布什拉开距离，他因此成为了一个未知数，因而也是一个风险。 - His ability to make decisions in a crisis is an unknown quantity.
他在危机中作决定的能力还是个未知数。 - Woman, even more than the working class, is the great unknown quantity of the race.
妇女比工人阶级蕴藏着更多的未知数。 - The computing efficiency is excellent with BEM since the elements are divided only on the boundaries and the number of freedom is reduced greatly through translating the inner unknown quantity to the boundary with basic solution.
由于边界单元法只在边界上剖分单元，通过基本解把域内未知量化为边界未知量求解，自由度数目大大减少，计算效率较高。 - Equations for the projections of various vectors onto the moving nxes and the unknown quantity and its projection in the moving coordinate system is found thereby.
在此基础上，列出各矢量在动坐标轴上的投影方程，并求出未知量及未知量在动坐标系中的投影。 - To her the outside world was a totally unknown quantity.
对她来说，外部世界完全是个未知数。 - John is a possibility for the job, but he is still an unknown quantity.
约翰可能获得这工作但现在还是个未知数。