They are all part of the metric system.

他们是公制的一部分。

Hope you like reading the metric system.

希望你喜欢读公制（刻度）。

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

有些观众可悉公制，也就是 2.2 磅。

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

三公斤烘焙机，对于悉公制的人来说，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.

兰克林生活在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.

大多数人现在在体积上使用的是公升而是非公制单位加仑。

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。

So interestingly what it's done is base it on obviously imperial.

所以有趣的是，它生成的谱用的是公制单位。

Ah, sorry, I forgot to switch the video into metric.

对起，我忘了把单位从英制变公制。

Even America attempted to switch over.

甚至美国也想换成公制。

So unless that change is proven to be economically better… We’re not going to be using celsius anytime soon.

所以除非证明改用公制可以促进济繁荣...否则我们会使用摄氏。

In the meantime, the metric system was gaining popularity during the French Revolution.

在此同时，公制单位则于法国大革命时期开始流行。

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

虽然有些人使用公制单位，但我们的习语和短语往往坚持使用英制单位中的测量词。

America’s unwillingness to switch over to the metric system has had serious consequences.

美国愿改用公制已经造成严重后果。

Besides the fact that the majority of the world uses it— the metric system makes conversions a lot easier.

除了世上大多数国都用使用摄氏之外－公制让换算更加方便了。

It was put in place to unify the country at the national level.

公制被用来作为统一国的工具。

U.S. customary units and their S.I, or metric, equivalence.

美国惯用单位及其 S.I 或公制等值。

The metric system standardized everything, and made commerce, trade, and collecting taxes easier.

公制使一切标准化，使商业、贸易和征税变得更加容易。

Before metrication, GM had over 900 fan belts of various sizes in their supply chain.

在公制化之前，通用汽车的供应链中有 900 多条同尺寸的风扇皮带。