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gauge:to make a judgment or guess about a situation, action, or person based on the information that you have

“gauge” 常作名词表示“测量仪器”，作为动词常表示“测量” “算出”。不过，“gauge”也常被引申为“评估” “判断”的意思，常可以用来替换 evaluate, estimate, measure 等词。

gauge one’s mood

For everyone’s sake, it matters that Europeans gauge their welcome to China wisely.

1) We can not guage a person only by his of her success or popularity.

参考：Success should not be gauged merely by wealth or popularity.

2) The quality of a male model is not only gauged by her appearance, but also by her performance in photography.

No one can fully be gauged by his or her achievements in study.