We also use over and above with measurements.

我们也用over 和above做位。

A hyphen is needed when a unit of measurement acts as an adjective.

当位作为形容词时，要加连字符。

As you say, 'feet' is an example of a measurement for height, length and distance.

就像你说的，feet（英尺）身高和距离的位。

Since the time of Rome, different units of measurement had been developed in different areas all across Europe.

自罗马时代以来，欧洲各个地区开发了同的位。

Currently, the kilogram is the only measure based on a physical object.

目前，千克唯一基于物理对象的位。

A " car length" is not a standardized unit of measure.

" 车身" 个标化的位。

But the punks of 18th century France didn't want a unit handed down from the monarchy.

但18世纪法国的革新者们愿接受君主制传承下来的位。

Life in Shang cities was highly regulated, with 12-month calendars, decimal measurement, conscription and centralised taxes.

在商代， 城市生活已十分规律，有将一年划分为十二个月的历法、十进制的衡位、兵役制以及中央税收制。

Back in Rome, they used a unit of measure called the Mille Passuums, which literally just means a thousand paces in Latin.

在罗马时期，他们使用了一种称为 Mille Passuums 的位，从字面上看，意思就拉丁语中的一千步。

Where he saw sequence, other men saw something quite different, and no one saw the same unit of measure.

在他看到序列的地方， 其他人看到了完全同的东西， 没有人看到相同的位。

It asks, in other words, whether all values are commensurable. Let me give you one other example of an experience.

换句话说，否所有价值都可以用相同位。再举一个我亲身经历过的例子。

You'll wanna be able to say celsius or fahrenheit depending on which segment of measurement the country you are in uses.

您将希望能够说摄氏或华氏，具体取决于您所在国家/地区使用的位。

Notice that both 15-foot and 10-foot come before the noun and there is a hyphen between the words. A hyphen is needed when a unit of measurement acts as an adjective.

注意，15英尺和10英尺都在名词前面，而且词之间有连字符。当位用作形容词时，需要连字符。

It doesn't matter what the unit of measure is, if you're putting a number before it, and the number plus the measure describe the noun, make sure you have your hyphen.

位什么并重要，如果你在它前面放一个数字， 并且数字加上描述名词， 确保你有你的连字符。

Instead of a mile being 5280 feet and each foot being 12 inches, things could be measured in kilometers, which is 1000 meters and 1 meter is 100 centimeters and so on.

再使用5280英尺为一英里和每英尺为12英寸的，而使用以千米为位来，千米为1000米，而1米为100厘米，依此类推。

In 1960, the General Conference on Weights and Measures honored Tesla's memory by deciding to use his last name – Tesla – as a unit of measure for the strength of a magnetic field.

1960 年，国际计大会为了纪念特斯拉， 决定使用他的姓氏——特斯拉——作为磁场强的位。