scaling

• Mankind commenced their career at the bottom of the scale .
  人类是从发展阶梯的底层开始迈步。
• Numerical values on any temperature scale are arbitrary .
  任一温标上的数字表达值都是人为的。
• This smallest division on the scale is called the least count .
  度盘上最小的刻度为最小读数。
• Marker beds generally diverge basinward on a regional scale .
  标志层通常区域性地向盆地方向展布。
• That on the outer side was, one may say, on an egregious scale .
  外边的那座可以说是规模异乎寻常。
• The project is on such a gigantic scale that the cost is hard to calculate .
  工程浩大，所费不赀。
• Germany was condemned to pay reparations on a fabulous scale .
  德国被宣判必须缴付惊人的巨额赔款。
• A company scaled it before the enemy guards discovered it .
  有一连人爬了上去，这时敌人岗哨才发现。
• This scale is based on the relative abrasiveness of minerals .
  此硬度计的依据是矿物的相对研磨能力。
• There is no single scale of distance on a particular map .
  在每张详细的地图上都没有距离的单一尺度。