名 （比值） rate，ratio，proportion；

[例句] 通货膨胀率大约为2.7%。 The rate of inflation is running at about 2.7 percent.

[例句] 今天的零售物价指数显示通货膨胀率为10.9％。 Today's RPI figure shows inflation running at 10.9 per cent.

frequency，rate ；

[例句] 实验者已经成功控制了心跳的速度和频率。 Experimenters have succeeded in controlling the rate and regularity of the heartbeat.

[例句] 欧洲的交流电输出频率通常为50赫兹。 In Europe, AC is usually generated at 50 Hz.

productiveness，efficiency，productivity，workpiece ratio ；

[例句] 总之，易货贸易是一种效率很低的交易形式。 Overall, barter is a very inefficient means of organizing transactions.

[例句] 非国有企业逐渐挤掉了效率低下的国有企业。 Non-state firms gradually elbow aside the inefficient state-owned ones.

[数] probability，chance ；

[例句] 他活下来的概率非常小。 The odds against him surviving are incredible.

[例句] 你认为我们队获胜的概率是 多少 ? How do you rate our team's chances of winning?

[物] power，rate of work，capacity factor，capacity ；

[例句] 汽车的功率越大，就越难驾驭。 The more powerful the car the more difficult it is to handle.

[例句] 这些发动机的功率并不真的很大,效率也不高. These engines were not really very powerful or efficient.

speed，rate，tempo，velocity ；

[例句] 书籍以一星期两本的速率从印刷机印出. Books roll off the printing machine at the rate of two a week.

[例句] 一辆汽车开足了一九三○年新纪录的速率从后面追上来,眨眨眼就一直往前去了. A motorcar roared up behind him and flashed past.

[数] curvature，buckling，curvity ；

[例句] 山顶上升气流强度随速矢端迹曲率加大而稍有加强. Peak updraft strength is slightly enhanced with hodograph curvature.

[例句] 浑圆度取决于边角的锐度或曲率半径. Roundness depends on the sharpness or radius of curvature of the edges.

ratio，proportion，rate，percentage ；

[例句] 不缴水费引起的断水的比率正在上升。 The rate of disconnections following non-payment of water charges is rising.

[例句] 算出那些比率的平均值再乘以100。 Take the average of those ratios and multiply by a hundred.

conductivity，electroconductibility，specific conductance，electrical conductivity ；

[例句] 如果电导率足够高,磁场就 “ 冻结 ” 在等离子中. If the electrical conductivity is high enough the field becomes " frozen " into the plasma.

[例句] 目的:探讨在肾病检查中尿液冰点渗透压和尿液电导率的相关关系. Objective To explore the correlation between freezingpoint osmotic pressure and conductivity.

（粗枝大叶， 敷衍了事） careless，perfunctory，rash，haste，curtness ；

[例句] 如果草率施行，该法律将会阻滞高质量研究的进展。 The law could arrest the development of good research if applied prematurely.

[例句] 我认为餐馆提出那样的建议太草率了。 I think it's premature for restaurants to come out with that advice.

resolution ratio，resolving power (R.P.)，resolution [resolutic] power ；

[例句] 有些卫星能提供 高分辨率 的摄影图像. There are satellites that supply high - resolution photography.

[例句] 笔尖的细度决定图像的分辨率。 That fineness of the tip is what controls the resolution of the image.

magnetoconductivity，magnetic conductivity，magnetic permitivity，magnetic conductive capacity ；

[例句] 显然磁导率不是常数. It is evident that the permeability is not a constant.

[例句] 幸而, 目下已有兼备高磁导率和低磁导率损耗的铁和铁合金,可资利用. Fortunately, iron or iron alloys are available which combine high permeability with small hysteresis loss.

frank，candid，straightforward，candor，candour ；

[例句] 马克非常直率而严肃地说：“你是个懦夫。” "You're a coward," Mark said very plainly and soberly.

[例句] 她的直率让他窃笑。 He chuckled at her forthrightness.

rash，hasty，indiscreet，flippancy，frivolity ；

[例句] 他曾轻率地说过什么吗？ Had he been indiscreet in what he had said?

[例句] 有时候他们因自己的轻率而搭上性命。 Occasionally they paid for their indiscretion with their lives.

candid，frank，straightforward，outspoken，bluffness ；

[例句] 他们中的一些人坦率地表达了自己的政治观点。 Some of them make no bones about their political views.

[例句] 坦率地说，你认为这个学校怎么样？ What do you think of the school, in your honest opinion?

interest rate，money rate，rate of interest ；

[例句] 利率有望早日下调，从而增强了人们的信心。 Hopes of an early cut in interest rates bolstered confidence.

[例句] 随着复苏的加速，利率会降下来。 Interest rates would come down as the recovery gathered pace.

straightforward，unreserved，blunt，frank，baldness ；

[例句] 这番率直的话让理查德不由自主地大笑起来。 The blunt comment made Richard laugh in spite of himself.

[例句] 韦德是个精力充沛、率直、运动型的人。 Wade was a hearty, bluff, athletic sort of guy.

productivity，output，efficiency，efficacy ；

[例句] 失业率上升，相对应的是生产率进一步提高。 The obverse of rising unemployment is continued gains in productivity.

[例句] 工资的涨幅高过了生产率增长的速度，从而消耗了利润所得。 Wages were rising faster than productivity and this was eating into profits.

death rate，mortality，mortality rate ；

[数] probability，odds ；

[例句] 如果癌症在早期发现的话，存活的几率会很高。 If cancers are spotted early there'sa high chance of survival.

[例句] 通常现任官员有94%的几率会再次当选。 In general, incumbents have a 94 per cent chance of being reelected.