caliber

英 [ˈkælɪbə]

美 [ˈkæləbər]

n. 规，量规，口径; 卡钳，卡尺，两脚规; 能力；才干；水准；质量

COCA.10694

柯林斯词典

noun

a degree or grade of excellence or worth
1. the quality of students has risen
2. an executive of low caliber
Synonym:qualitycalibre
diameter of a tube or gun barrel
Synonym:boregaugecalibre

But I have never seen a lower caliber of government than you have in this country.
但我从未见过较低的素质，政府比你在这个国家。
Note: The increase of Financial revenue and financial expenditures in2008 calculated in accordance with the caliber.
注：2008年财政收入和财政支出的增长按同口径计算。
Based on project, application of composite pile with caliber bore-hole in landslide emergency rescue is introduced.
结合工程实例，对小口径钻孔组合桩在滑坡体应急抢险的应用进行了初步介绍。
The enemy was armed only with low caliber guns.
敌人只配备了短口径的枪。
It's the same caliber killed the vic.
这和杀害受害者使用的是同一口径的子弹。
There is not an effective method for measurement and assessment of large caliber spherical surface in the realm of spherical surface inspection.
在球面检测中，对大口径球面的测量和评价缺乏有效的手段。
And I'm just not sure that he's the caliber person.
但我不能确定他是个有才能的人。
The degree of deglutition difficulty depends on narrow length and caliber size.
吞咽困难的程度取决于狭窄的长度和口径大小。
The inner end of sampling tube is one-sided slant wedge with the caliber of check valve;
采样管的里端头为与逆止阀的内口径呈上斜面的单面楔形；
It was a.38, same caliber as your case.
和你们案子里一样是点38口径。