No arithmetical operations whatever can be performed on ordinal numbers ; therefore , to use the term " measurable " in any way for ordinal numbers is hopelessly to confuse the meaning of the term .
算术运算无论如何不能运用于序数;因此,对可以度量这一术语的任何使用方法将必然混淆术语的意义。
If utilities can be subjected to the arithmetical operation of subtraction , and can be differentiated and integrated , then obviously the concept of marginal utility must imply cardinally measurable utilities .
Therefore , subjective states , being intensive rather than objectively extensive , cannot be measured and subjected to arithmetical operations .
因此主观状态,是内涵的而非客观外延的,不能被度量也不适用于数学运算。
On the other hand , women are slightly better at arithmetical calculations .
另一方面,女性在算术运算上稍好于男性。
Republicans need to admit that maintaining adequate public provision as the population ages requires , almost as a matter of arithmetical necessity , more revenues .
Arithmetical nuances alone suggest that the12-month core pce deflator will hover around , or even exceed , 2 % for a while . More important , the housing component of core inflation , which is based on rental prices , is rising .