nth adj. 1.第n 號的, n 倍的;n 次的,n階的。 2.〔口語〕(事物發(fā)生、使用的次數(shù)、頻度)最新的,最近的。 3.極度的,極大的。 This is the nth time I've told you to eat slowly. 吃飯要慢,至今我也不知告訴你多少回了。 to the nth degree [power] 1. 【數(shù)學(xué)】至 n 次。 2. 高效能;最大限度,到極點,極度。
The nth power of an operator is defined to mean applying the operator n times in succession . 一個算符的n次冪定義為連續(xù)運用算符n次。
Yet he could live alone , in the wan satisfaction of being alone , and raise pheasants to be shot ultimately by fat men after breakfast . it was futility , futility to the nth power 可是他可以孤獨地生活著,心里淡淡地滿足著自己能夠孤獨,養(yǎng)雉雞,這些雉雞是終要給那些飽餐以后的肥胖先生們射樂的,多么空泛!