They are all part of the metric system.

他们是公制的一部分。

If you've seen my video about the invention of the metric system, you know that the best intentions, executed poorly, can mess up history and science in some significant and unexpected ways.

如果你看过我关于公制发明的视频，你就会知道，最好的意图，如果执行得好，会以一重大而意想到的方式扰乱历史和科学。

Hope you like reading the metric system.

希望你喜欢读公制（刻度）。

Three-kilo roaster, 6.6 pounds, for the metrically challenged — 13,000 dollars.

三公斤烘焙机，对于公制的人来说，6.6 磅——13,000 美元。

In metric units, which of these prefixes means " billion" ?

以下的公制单位中，哪一个前缀表示" 十亿" ？

Now, Franklin lived during the 1700s, before the metric system took effect in Europe.

富兰克林生活18世纪，那时候欧洲还没有实行公制。

Most people now use metric litres rather than non-metric gallons for volume.

大多数人现体积上使用的是公升而是非公制单位加仑。

I had such a horrible time converting these recipes from the metric system.

要食谱从公制单位换算过来，可真是我折腾坏了。

Just to pick at random, there would be no metric system, no Louisiana purchase, no France to back the Americans in the Revolutionary Wars.

少了哪一个，就会有公制，会有路易斯安那购地案，会有法国独立战争中支持美国。

Don't, ah, I mean, you know, the Imperial, I have no time for that to begin with, but don't be mixing Imperial and metric that is no, stop it.

要将英制和公制混为一谈。

In 1795, a new simpler method of measurement called the metric system was invented and aimed to take a lot of the randomness out of things, so they could be measured more evenly.

1795年的时候发明了一种新的更简单的测量方法，称为公制，公制旨消除很多随机性，从而可以更平均地进行测量。

It's important to note that at the time Canada was in the middle of converting from barbarian Imperial Units over to the glorious metric system for their aviation industry.

有一个背景非常重要，那时加拿大航空业正处于从蛮横的英制单位向公制单位转化的过渡期。

So, in 2019, the base units that make up the foundation of the metric or SI system were redefined to no longer rely on imperfect human artifacts.

因此， 2019 年，构成公制或 SI 系统基础的基本单位被重新定义为再依赖完美的人类工件。

For those of us in the U.S., Myanmar, and Liberia who don't use the metric system, that's about 25 cents per gallon.

对于使用公制的我们美国人、缅甸人和利比里亚人来说，每加仑汽油是25美分。

Action potentials can travel as quickly as 100 meters per second, which is about 224 miles per hour for us non-metric system users.

动作电位可以以每秒 100 米的速度传播，对于我们非公制用户来说大约是每小时 224 英里。

While some people use the metric system, our idioms and expressions often stick with measurement words from the English system.

虽然有人使用公制单位，但我们的习语和短语往往坚持使用英制单位中的测量词。

And companies spend extra dollars producing two sets of products, one for the US and the other for metric.

公司也必须投入更多成本将产品做出两套标准，一套专供美国人用，另一套给使用公制系统的国家使用。

So by the second half of the 20th century, Celsius became popular in many parts of the world, when many English-speaking countries began using the metric system.

于是 20 世纪后半，当许多英语系的国家开始采用公制时，摄氏也被广泛的应用世界各地。

For those of you who are metrically challenged, that's 2.2 pounds.

有观众可能公制，也就是 2.2 磅。

The metric system was a wonderful gift to the world.

公制是献给世界的一份很好的礼物。