Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
assess strength
Chinese translation:
掂量（彼此的）实力
Added to glossary by
Ruby Zhou
Sep 4, 2009 03:36
14 yrs ago
English term
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assess strength
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They stared each other down and assessed each other's strength.
I cannot seem to find an adequate or suitable word for assess in this situation.
I cannot seem to find an adequate or suitable word for assess in this situation.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +2 | 掂量（彼此的）实力 |
Ruby Zhou
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| 4 | 互相較量彼此的實力 |
Guei Lin
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| 4 | 探虚实 |
Michael Perkins
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| 3 | 看谁强 |
chica nueva
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Sep 13, 2009 08:36: Ruby Zhou Created KOG entry
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掂量（彼此的）实力
整句话可理解为：他们互相逼视，掂量彼此的实力。
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互相較量彼此的實力
access: evaluate.
assess strength: (互相)較量彼此的實力。
僅供參考。
assess strength: (互相)較量彼此的實力。
僅供參考。
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探虚实
A common idiomatic expression for "assess each other strengths" is "to size each other up". One possible translation for this is "探虚实".
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Note added at 13 hrs (2009-09-04 17:19:39 GMT)
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Or: 彼此探虚实
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Note added at 13 hrs (2009-09-04 17:19:39 GMT)
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Or: 彼此探虚实
Reference:
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看谁强
and assessed each other's strength 为 to assess each other's strength
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-09-04 04:56:18 GMT)
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to assess each other's strength = 为了知道、弄清楚对方的实力（即谁的实力大）
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Note added at 1 day22 hrs (2009-09-06 02:07:20 GMT)
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是，我一直想到‘端详，但是 stare sb out = 盯得（某人）把目光移开（朗文进阶词典）-》看谁占上风。
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-09-04 04:56:18 GMT)
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to assess each other's strength = 为了知道、弄清楚对方的实力（即谁的实力大）
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Note added at 1 day22 hrs (2009-09-06 02:07:20 GMT)
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是，我一直想到‘端详，但是 stare sb out = 盯得（某人）把目光移开（朗文进阶词典）-》看谁占上风。
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