The governments of the industrialized world had failed to get the measure of the crisis...是什么意思？

The governments of the industrialized world had failed to get the measure of the crisis...

工业化国家的政府没能意识到这次危机的严重程度。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

governments

n. 政府( government的名词复数 )，治理的形式，政体；

例句
There have been intensive discussions between the two governments in recent days...
近几天，双方政府一直在进行紧张的磋商。

of

prep. 关于，属于…的，由…制成；aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气]；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

industrialized

adj. 工业化的；v. 使工业化(industrialize的过去式和过去分词)，将…组成产业；

例句
The G-7 organization groups together the world's seven leading industrialized nations...
七国集团将世界上7个最主要的工业国家归在一起。

world

n. 世界，地球，领域，尘世；

例句
Rosie's idyllic world came to an abrupt end when her parents' marriage broke up...
父母婚姻的破裂使得罗茜田园诗般美好的世界陡然画上了句号。

had

v. 有（ have的过去式和过去分词 ），（亲属关系中）接受，拿，买到；

例句
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
他声称父母遗弃了他。

failed

adj. 失败了的，不成功的；v. 在…中失败( fail的过去式和过去分词 )，衰退，衰弱，破产；

例句
They recently failed to negotiate a mutually acceptable new contract.
他们最近未能谈成一个双方都满意的新合同。

to

prep. 向，朝着，到，关于，属于；adv. 朝一个方向的，到某种状态，关闭；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建议你把它留给专家来解决。

get

vt. 得到，抓住，说服，受到（惩罚等）；vt.& vi. 到达，来；vi. 成为，开始，设法对付，获得利益或财

例句
The regulations were relaxed and the prisoners could get out and about a bit.
规定有所放宽，犯人可以出去短暂放风。

measure

n. 测量，测度，措施，程度，尺寸；vt. 测量，估量；vi. 测量，测量（大小，容量，尺寸等）；

例句
...an inflation measure that gauges the price of a fixed basket of goods and services.
通过衡量固定的一组商品和服务的价格来测算通货膨胀的方法

crisis

n. 危机，危难时刻，决定性时刻，紧要关头，转折点；

例句
I do not accept that there is any kind of crisis in British science...
我不相信英国科学界有什么危机。