1580s, "having quantity," from Medieval Latin quantitativus, from stem of Latin quantitas (see quantity). Meaning "measurable" is from 1650s. Related: Quantitatively.
双语例句
1. That's the whole difference between quantitative and qualitative research.
那就是定量研究和定性研究之间的重大差别。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He said it was only a quantitative difference.
他说这仅仅是数量上的差别.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Business graduates must also be numerate, because most degrees will have courses in quantitative methods and statistics.
商科专业大学毕业生也必须具备良好的数学能力, 因为大部分学位涉及定量研究法和统计学领域课程.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. Another set of misconceptions involves the quantitative description of expansion.
另一类误解牵涉到对于膨胀的定量叙述。
来自辞典例句
5. The Supreme Court rejected this quantitative test.