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.

如果你看过我关公制发明的视频，你就会知道，最好的意图，如果执行得不好，会以一些重大而意想不到的方式扰乱历史和科学。

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

三公斤烘焙机，对不熟悉公制的人来说，6.6 磅——13,000 美元。

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

以下的公制中，哪一个前缀表示" 十亿" ？

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横的英制向公制化的过渡期。

Today, other than a handful of notable exceptions, the modern world relies on a shared system of measurement much like what Wilkins first proposed, the metric system.

今天，除了少数值得注意的例外，现代世界依赖一个共同的测量系统，很像威尔金斯首先提出的公制。

So why did the United States stick with miles feet and inches when the rest of the world switched to the even more modern metric system?

所以为什么当世界其他地区改用更现代的公制的时候，美国却坚持坚持英尺和英寸呢？

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.

对不使用公制的我们这些美国人、缅甸人和利比里亚人来说，每加仑汽油是25美分。

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。

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。

And this colossal mistake was largely due to a conversion error between US and metric measurements.

而这个巨大的错误发生的主因就是美制与公制的换算发生错误所导致。

And ironically, some regard the once revolutionary metric system as a symbol of global conformity.

具有讽刺意味的是，一些人将这个曾经革命性的公制系统视为全球一致性的象征。

That's nearly  a kilometer for the metric folks.

那几乎是一公里，对使用公制的人来说。

And he had a grand vision for taking the US metric.

他对采用美国公制有着宏伟的愿景。

For listeners who think in metric, right?

对使用公制的听众来说，对吧？

121.92 Meters for all of you reasonable people who use the metric system, unfortunately.

不幸的是，对你们这些使用公制系统的理智人士来说，高度是121.92米。

It's about 400 miles (or 643 kilometers for those of you on the metric system) northeast of Boston, Massachusetts, on the East Coast of the U.S. Catherine was born in Bath a few years later, her sister, in 1839.

它美国东海岸马萨诸塞州波士顿东北部约 400 英里（或对你们这些公制系统的 643 公里）。几年后，凯瑟琳 1839 年出生巴斯， 她的姐姐。

It was important that a tall building not block the view from the cemetery, so the Pentagon could be no taller than 77 feet, 3.5 inches – that's 23.5 meters for those of you on the metric system.

重要的是高楼不能挡住墓地的视线，因此五角大楼的高度不能超过 77 英尺 3. 5 英寸——对你们这些使用公制的人来说是 23. 5 米。

Today, other than a handful of notable exceptions, (clears throat) the modern world relies on a shared system of measurement much like what Wilkins first proposed, the metric system.

如今，除了少数几个显着的例外，（清清嗓子）现代世界依赖一个共享的测量体系，这与约翰·威尔金斯最初提出的公制系统颇为相似。

In the same way that, as Brexit showed, Britain has always had an uneasy relationship with Europe, so it has an uneasy or ambivalent relationship with the metric system.

正如脱欧所揭示的那样，英国与欧洲的关系始终不甚融洽，同样， 英国与公制系统的关系也充满不安与矛盾。