index是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 an alphabetical list, such as one printed at the back of a book showing which page a subject, name, etc. is on -- （書後關於主題、姓名等的）索引

  • Try looking up "heart disease" in the index. 試試在索引中尋找「心臟病」這個條目。

  • He still has all his friends' names and addresses on a card index. 他仍然使用卡片索引記錄所有朋友的姓名及地址。

• 1 a system of numbers used for comparing values of things that change according to each other or a fixed standard -- 指數

  • the FTSE 100 Index 倫敦《金融時報》指數，富時100指數

  • the Dow Jones Index 道‧瓊斯指數

  • a wage/price index 工資／價格指數

  • Consumer spending is often a good index of public confidence in the economy. 消費支出經常是顯示公眾對經濟的信心的有效指標。

• 2 to prepare an index for a book or collection, or arrange it in an index -- 為…編索引；把…編入索引

  • Our computer indexes several thousand new records every second. 我們的電腦每秒鐘可把幾千個新紀錄編入索引。

  • The book contains a lot of information, but it's not very well indexed. 這本書的資料很豐富，但索引做得不好。

• 3 to change a system of numbers according to each other or a fixed standard -- 將…與…掛鉤；使指數化

  • Living expenses will be indexed to/in line with inflation (= to take inflation into consideration). 生活費用將與通貨膨脹掛鉤。