首页英语词典factorfactor的意思

factor

英 ['fæktə] 美['fæktɚ]

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近义词basis part cause element occasion ingredient

n. 因素；要素；[物] 因数；代理人
vi. 做代理商
vt. 把…作为因素计入；代理经营；把…分解成
n. (Factor)人名；(英)法克特

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复数: factors;

中文词源

factor 因素，要素

来自词根fact, 做，词源同fact,effect. 即做事情的必要条件，因素，要素等。

英英释意

1. anything that contributes causally to a result;: "a number of factors determined the outcome"

2. an abstract part of something;: "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech"

3. any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together

4. one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer;: "what are the 4 factors of 6?"

5. a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission

6. an independent variable in statistics

7. (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity;: "genes were formerly called factors"

英文词源

factor (n.): early 15c., "commercial agent, deputy, one who buys or sells for another," from Middle French facteur "agent, representative" (Old French factor, faitor "doer, author, creator"), from Latin factor "doer, maker, performer," in Medieval Latin, "agent," agent noun from past participle stem of facere "to do" (see factitious). In commerce, especially "a commission merchant." Mathematical sense is from 1670s. Sense of "circumstance producing a result" is attested by 1816, from the mathematical sense.
factor (v.): 1610s, "act as an agent, manage," from factor (n.). The use in mathematics is attested from 1837. Related: Factored; factoring.

考试真题

to see whether people's personality affects their life span to find out if one's lifestyle has any effect on their health to investigate the role of exercise in living a long lifeto examine all the factors contributing to longevity They have a good understanding of evolution.

This is especially interesting when you consider that younger people are generally more interested in travelrelated technologies than older onesWhen it comes to driverless cars, differences in attitude are more pronounced based on factors not related to age.

The researchers are currently analyzing the study participants' health and lifestyle to see which factors might influence age-related cognitive changes.

A person who had input into where he would move and has had time to adapt to it might do as well in a nursing home as in a small residential care home, other factors being equal.

It is a chief factor affecting students' learning.

Should a woman who possessed a small amount of drugs years ago be permanently unable to be licensed as a nurse?These laws are also counterproductive, since they make it harder for people with criminal records to find housing or land a job, two key factors that reduce backsliding.

What is said to be a factor affecting our appetite and food intake?

In recent years, a growing body of research has shown that our appetite and food intake are influenced by a large number of factors besides our biological need for energy, including our eating environment and our perception of the food in front of us.

B ) Psychological factors influence our hunger levels

They're also expensive, especially when you factor in the average college student's limited budget, typically costing hundreds of dollars every semester.

In the absence of societal pressures to maintain pair-bonds, O'Sullivan suggests that romantic love has increasingly come to be seen as the factor that should determine who we stay with and for how long

And clearly, people over age 75 who have other risk factors for cancer, such as a family history or prior personal experience with the disease, should continue to get screened regularly.

But for the remainder, the risk of cancer, while increased at the end of life, must be balanced with other factors like remaining life expectancy（预期寿命）

What factors make you more or less bold, intelligent, or able to read a map?

By and large, people felt that their actions and hard work—not outside forces—were the deciding factor in how their lives turned out.

Curiosity, he argues, is the third key factor—and a difficult one to preserve.

If you factor in the projected rates of technological change, either your skills will become unnecessary, or your industry outdated.

It is the determining factor of their academic success.

On the other hand, scientists are increasingly learning that aging and biological age are two different things, and that the former is a key risk factor for conditions such as heart disease, cancer and many more.

Physical resemblance between people was not a factor.

Then there is the stress factor.

This difference in handling conflict could be the deciding factor on who gets promoted to a leadership position and who does not.

This help is critically important because the high cost of caring for animal victims is a major factor that prevents people from getting involved in cruelty cases in the first place.

While there are numerous factors behind these shifts, one factor is surely a growing realization for the young that they are going to live longer.

In addition, other factors are putting downward pressure on oil prices: change in the strategic behavior of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the projected increase in Iranian exports, the scaling-down of global demand ( ' , especially from emerging markets), the long-term drop in petroleum consumption in the United States, and some displacement of oil by substitutes.

But will such contests, which are overwhelmingly dominated by Asian and white students from middle-class and affluent families become any more diverse? Many social and cultural factors play roles in determining which promising students get on the path toward international math recognition.

A number of factors are driving down the global oil prices not just for now but in the foreseeable future.

Wealth is not, of course, the only factor involved.

One main factor that has driven up medical expenses is that doctors are compensated for the amount of care rather than its effect.

And on reflection, this is not surprising; the single word environment has so many dimensions, and there are so many other factors affecting wealth—such as the oil deposits—that teasing out a simple economy-environment relationship would be almost impossible.

These factors have converged to create an increasingly impossible situation with many employees overworking to the point of burnout.

There's rising work demand coupled with the insecurity of mergers, takeovers, downsizing and other factors, Moen said.

Rather than just dazzling with a high cool factor, there is a focus on the practical.

But over the last couple of years, and in this one in particular, we are starting to see companies shift from what is the largest screen size, the smallest form factor or the shiniest object and more into what all of these devices do that is practical in a consumer's life.

We deal with the external factors that impact a person’s situation and outlook.

So what factors, at the community level, do predict if poor children will move up the economic ladder as adults? What explains, for instance, why the Salt Lake City metro area is one of the 100 largest metropolitan areas most likely to lift the fortunes of the poor and the Atlanta metro area is one of the least likely?Harvard economist Raj Chetty has pointed to economic and racial segregation, community density, the size of a community's middle class, the quality of schools, community religiosity, and family structure, which he calls the single strongest correlate of upward mobility.

Chetty has not yet issued a comprehensive analysis of the relative predictive power of each of these factors.

Based on my analyses of the data, of the factors that Chetty has highlighted, the following three seem to be most predictive of upward mobility in a given community:1.

And with women a second factor comes into play:most seem to enjoy the flexible-time arrangement(once known as the "mommy track")and never find their way back to full-time or high-level employment.

Women's working time is influenced by the number and age of their children, but men's working time is not affected by these factors.

Analyzing data from the United Nations and the World Economic Forum, among others, and consulting with experts and academics, we measured 28 factors to come up with our rankings.

What does the author say is a factor contributing to the decline in traditional craftsmanship?

Those factors are more than enough to make up for the squalor (肮脏), disease and spectacular poverty that those same migrants must often at first endure when they become urban dwellers.

But when all those factors are put together and the economists calculate the numbers, it ends up being a net positive, but a small one.

This is then coupled to a school's picture of what a diverse class should look like, with the result that passport, ethnic origin and sex can all become influencing factors

But researchers say there are many other factors working against another Einstein emerging anytime soon.

There's an unpleasant factor when people find out meat is grown in a lab.

Many factors influence the accuracy of eyewitness testimony.

Many factors influence the accuracy of witness testimony

And, by contrast, the loss of hope, is turning out to be a stronger sign that a person may commit suicide than other factors long thought to be more likely risks.

Another factor is the squeeze that conventional dairy farmers have felt as the price of grain they feed their cows has gone up, tightening their profit margins.

But Smith counters that if you factor in the hidden cost of government corn subsidies, environment degradation, and decreased human heath and animal welfare, grass-fed is the more cost-effective model.

If not, it is not plausible that the variable is a causal factor.

Over the last 50 years, economic losses have increased by a factor of 50.

Rather than just dazzling with a high cool factor, there is a focus on the practical.

That sounds pretty terrible, but the loss of life has decreased by a factor of 10 simply because we are getting better at warning people.

There may be a third factor that impacts both of them, or the relationship could be reversed, that is people who eat less fall asleep earlier.

Those fears may be a factor in a lingering hesitation to share data even when publishing in journals that mandate it.

Being fond of someone seems to have a number of factors, including seeing something we find attractive.

California has lost half its big trees since the 1930s, according to a study to be published Tuesday and climate change seems to be a major factor (因素).

Many factors contributed to the decline, said Patrick Mclntyre, an ecologist who was the lead author of the study.

One crucial factor is secure access to land.

One important biological factor that helps women live longer is the difference in hormones between men and women.

One of the most important factors that influenced their satisfaction as volunteers was the amount of suffering they experienced in their volunteer positions.

Only after talking to two students did I discover that having strong motivation is one of the biggest factors in reaching goals.

Researchers have identified several factors that motivate people to get involved.

Second, if other factors such as technology remain constant, economic growth and material expectations will fall well below recent standards and this could invite trouble.

The house structure is a key factor customers consider.

Unfortunately, these programs can shift people's wish of participation from an internal factor.

Only gradually was the by-product of the institution noted, and only more gradually still was this effect considered as a directive factor in the conduct of the institution.

The way consumers now approach the broad range of factors beyond conventional paid media.

Join the Club is filled with too much irrelevant detail and not enough exploration of the social and biological factors that make peer pressure so powerful.

Despite these factors, many social scientists seem reluctant to tackle such problems.

Factors such as the place and period in which we are reading, our gender ethnicity, age and social class will encourage us towards certain interpretation but at the same time obscure or even close off others.

It does not include important factors such as environmental quality or education outcomes – all things that contribute to a person’s sense of well-being.

Another factor may be that more people are trying to overpack their carry-on bags to avoid checked-baggage fees, though the airlines strongly dispute this.

Studying this could help understand why human evolution picked pace in the last 30, 000 years, with social environment being a major contributory factor.

词组搭配

the — factor

used to indicate that something specified will have a powerful, though unpredictable, influence on a result or outcome

…这一因素（指对结果会产生难以预见的有力影响之物）

the feel-good factor.
幸福感这一因素。

factor something in (或 out)

include (or exclude) something as a relevant element when making a calculation or decision

（计算或作决定时）包括（或排除）某一相关因素

when the psychological costs are factored in, a different picture will emerge.
如果将心理成本计算在内，结果就不同了。

factor in

To figure in

包括，把…计算在内

We factored sick days and vacations in when we prepared the work schedule.
当我们准备工作时间表时，我们把病假和假期都包括在内

实用场景例句

economic factors: 经济因素

The closure of the mine was the single most important factor in the town's decline.: 矿山的关闭是这个镇衰落的唯一最重要的因素。

the key/crucial/deciding factor: 关键的 / 至关重要的 / 决定性的因素

1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 12 are the factors of 12.: 1、2、3、4、6 和 12 是 12 的因子。

The real wage of the average worker has increased by a factor of over ten in the last 70 years.: 近70年来工人的实际工资平均增长超过了十倍。

a suntan lotion with a protection factor of 10: 防护系数为10的防晒油

The wind-chill factor will make it seem colder.: 风寒系数大，会使人觉得比实际温度更冷一些。

Haemophiliacs have no factor 8 in their blood.: 血友病患者的血液中缺乏凝血因子 VIII。

Remember to factor in staffing costs when you are planning the project.: 规划该项目时，记住要把雇人费用这个因素考虑进去。

Physical activity is an important factor in maintaining fitness.: 进行体育活动是保持身体健康的一个重要因素。

The cost of butter quadrupled and bread prices increased by a factor of five.: 黄油价格涨了 4 倍，面包价格涨了 5 倍。

...suncream with a protection factor of 8.: 防晒系数为 8 的防晒霜

Decanediamide was synthesized using sebacic acid and urea as starting materials.: 以癸二酸和尿素为原料合成癸二酰胺.

With the chill factor, it's nearly minus forty here.: 加上风寒指数, 气温接近零下40度.

Poor organization was certainly a contributory factor to the crisis.: 组织不善肯定是导致危机的因素之一.

Her previous experience in social work is a plus factor.: 她先前在社会工作方面的经验是一个有利因素.

I factor ed my uncle's estate for three years.: 我代管我叔父的财产已有三年了.

Man is a decisive factor in doing everything.: 人是做每件事情的决定性因素.

He's keen, but his youth is a minus factor.: 他非常精明, 但他的年轻却是个不利的因素.

Diet and exercise can influence a person's weight, but heredity is also a factor.: 节食和运动能影响人的体重, 而遗传也是一个因素.

Human effort is the decisive factor.: 事在人为.

Smoking is a causative factor in several major diseases.: 抽烟是引起几种严重疾病的病因。

Alcohol is a contributory factor in 10% of all road accidents.: 所有交通事故中有10%是酒后驾车造成的。

The closure of the mine was the single most important factor in the town's decline.: 矿山的关闭是这个镇衰落的唯一最重要的因素。

Lack of cash is a limiting factor.: 现金短缺是一个制约因素。

The candidate was seriously damaged by the sleaze factor.: 那位候选人的形象因丑闻而受到严重损害。

If you want to sell your house quickly, it needs a wow factor.: 若想很快把房子卖掉，就得找个卖点。

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