[skeɪl]

n.规模，刻度，等级

Scale是一个高频词，比如：大规模地是on a large scale；规模经济是scale economy；规模效应是scale effect；按比例增加是scale up。商业社会是很讲究规模的，因为规模越大，行业的发展空间才会更大。

我们来看2个例句：

Rational determination of production scale was one of the technical challenges for the transition from surface to underground mining.

合理确定产量规模是露天转入地下开采的关键技术难题之一。

"Everybody is trying to figure out the ad models of the future, but nobody is doing it on this scale, " she said.

“每个人都在试图找到广告模式的未来，但是没人能做这种规模”她说。