index
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(pl ~es復數作indexes; in sense 2, ~es or indices 用於下述第2義時復數作indexes或indices; in sense 3, indices 用於下述第3義時復數作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(如圖書館中的).
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(a) figure showing the relative level of prices or wages compared with that of a previous date (物價或工資的)指數
the cost-of-`living index 生活費用指數.
(b) ~ (of sth) (fig 比喻) thing that is a sign of sth else, esp because it increases or decreases proportionately; measure 標志; 表徵; 量度
The increasing sale of luxury goods is an index of the country's prosperity. 奢侈商品銷售量日增是該國繁榮的標志.
3 (mathematics 數) small number or letter showing how many times a quantity is to be multiplied by itself; exponent 指數; 冪
In b3n + x, 3 and n are indices. 在b3n + x式中, 3和n是指數. index, v
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(a) [Tn] make an index for (sth) 為(某事物)編索引
The book is not well indexed. 這部書索引做得不好.
(b) [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (in sth) enter sth in an index 將某事物編入索引
index all the quoted names in a book 把書中提到的所有人名編入索引.
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~ sth (to sth) link (wages, pensions, etc) to increases in prices, etc 將(工資、 養老金等)與物價等的上漲相聯系.