[Assistant] 42 US liquid gallons equals 672 US customary cups.

美国的42加仑液体相当于672美国特有的度量杯。

Now researchers have used that modern metric on ancient settlements.

现在，研究人员用现代度量测量古代住宅。

And there is a metric for this.

这是有度量的。

A useful metric therefore is the FEV1 to FVC ratio, which since the FEV1 goes down even more than FVC, causes the FEV1 to FVC ratio to go down as well.

因此FEV1与FVC的比值可以作为有效的度量，因为FEV1值下降较多，它们的比值将会同时降低。

Then I pick a key metric, and I ask myself if the metric is specific, easy to objectively measure, and representative of true progress towards my goal.

然后我选择键的度量，我会问自己这度量是具体，是容易客观地度量，是能够代表我朝着目所取得的真正进展。

It happens gradually, along a metric known as the Norwood Scale, which describes the severity of hair loss.

它根据度量渐发生的，这度量叫诺伍德分型，它描述了脱发的严重程度。

Reason 3: And the final reason, time is an imprecise metric.

最后原因，时间是不精确的度量。

I find that a good metric has the following traits: it's very specific, it's easy to objectively measure, and a change in the metric indicates progress towards or away from my goal.

它非常具体，很容易客观地度量，度量中的变化表明了向着或背离我的目的进展。

Caterpillar said their switch to metrics saved them millions of dollars.

Caterpillar 表示，他们转向度量为他们节省了数百万美元。

And we were born on the same day in the same metric.

我们出生在同天，使用的是相同的度量。

That's his idea of a standard metric?

这就是他对度量的理解？

You shall not have in your house two kinds of measures, large and small.

你家中不可有两样不同的度量，即大和小。

Yeah, so I think the ways is that to define those, you know, knowledge checking benchmarks, and also have, you know, objective metrics to measure against those models, because right now the technology cannot give you 100% answers.

是的，我认为键在于定义那些知识检验基，同时建立客观的度量来评估模型表现，因为目前的技术还无法提供100%确的答案。

So Danny's happiness measure, it can't really distinguish between the happiest person in the world and someone who's just happy in a more normal, run-of-the-mill way.

因此，丹尼的幸福度量实际上无法区分世界上最幸福的人和那些只是以种更为普通、常见的方式感到快乐的人。

Now, factor, you said factor many times, means a measure that potentially could be reduced to a single number across the different factors you mentioned.

现在，“因子” 这词你多次提到，它指的是种度量， 这些不同的因素可能被简化为单的数值。

There is a useful measure used to rate the quality of the night sky by eye called the  Bortle Scale, which ranges from 1-9.

有种实用的度量， 用于通过肉眼评估夜空质量， 称为博尔特等级表，其范围从1到9。

A new standard for weights and measures was  established, along with a state-run tax system that would keep local corruption to a minimum.

建立了新的度量衡，以及将地方腐败降至最低的国营税收制度。

Now once we have a distribution like this across  the words, it gives us another situation where entropy becomes this really useful measurement.

现在，旦我们在单词上有了这样的分布，它就给我们提供了另种情况， 在这种情况下， 熵成为了非常有用的度量。

And so I had to find a way to operate them all simultaneously with the same language, the same constructs, the same measurements.

因此，我必须找到种方法，用相同的语言、相同的结构和相同的度量同时操作它们。

There have been a lot of efforts to make these kind of one-size-fits-all metrics, for example, test or typing coverage, as you described.

已经有很多努力去打造这种“刀切”的度量，比如你提到的测试或类型覆盖率。