基础篇:caliber: the level of someone's ability, intelligence tec, or the standard or quality of something, especially when it is high
The caliber of teaching at this high school is very high.
进阶篇:不可数名词,最常见的意思是“质量”,也常常用来表示“素质”,可以用来替换“ quality”,是在口语和写作中都会让人眼前一亮的实用表达。
The subscription experience proves to be unworthy of the brand and caliber for which the New Yorker is known. [by Justin]
It boasts three major highlights: premium Arabica coffee beans, recipes devised by award-winning baristas, and fresh brewing, all signs high caliber. [by Justin]
高质量、高素质: high caliber
Our aim is not to predict the winner in Russia, which can be done best by looking at a team's recent results or the caliber of its squad. (足球队的素质)
Regardless of family income, a graduate from one of the Ivy League-caliber institutions, has roughly a two-thirds chance of making it into the top 20%.
Ivy League-caliber 指的是“有常春藤级别质量的”。句中20%是指社会地位最高的20%。
应用篇:
1)翻译: 很多落后地区的年轻人依然渴望优质的教育。
Many young people in the under-developed areas still have a huge thirst for a high caliber education.
A high caliber education remains desirable for many youngsters in backward regions.
2) 造句: 情景 作为一个大厨,他的梦想是去米其林级别的餐厅工作
As a chef, he has a huge thirst for working at Michlin-caliber restaurants.