something that can be regarded as a sign of something else
例句:
Owning a property in first-tier cities is widely regarded as an indicator of wealth.
2. 为什么选这个词?
“indicator”是可数名词,意思是“指示器、指示牌、标志”。我们来学习它作“标志”的用法,作这层意思讲 indicator 和 indication 可以同意替换。如果 A is an indicator/indication of B, 我们会习惯说“从 A 可以看出 B”或“A 是 B 的标志”。我们可以用 indicator 来替换 sign。
Obama's visit to Cuba was an indicator of the improvement in relations between the the USA and Cuba.
从员工流失率可以看出一个公司的文化和竞争力,我们就可以说:
Turnover rates are a good/reliable indicator of a company's culture and competitiveness.
英文中有一个词专门表示“员工流失率”,那就是 turnover。
最后来看几个《经济学人》中的例句: 1) Insects are indicators of ecosystem health. 2) When, in 2015, the government auctioned a site off the Massachusetts coast, the winning bid was $281,285—“a very clear indicator of a market that was basically dead”, says Thomas Brostrom, who leads the North American business for Orsted, a Danish energy firm.
3) Nelson Blackley of Nottingham Business School says that a strong indicator of the lack of confidence in the sector is that last year saw the lowest number of sales of malls since the recession in 2008.
3. 怎样学会使用这个词?
1)翻译下面的句子: 出国旅行已经不再被视为是富有的象征了。
(参考翻译:Traveling abroad is no longer deemed an indicator of affluence
. 或 Traveling abroad has become an unreliable indicator of wealth.)
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