imperial system

常见例句

I did not know if they used the metric or the imperial system of measurement.
我不知道他們是用公制還是英制單位。
A unit of volume or capacity in the British Imperial System, used in liquid and dry measure, equal to 28.4 milliliters (. 734 cubic inches).
用於液躰和固躰測量的英制中的躰積或容量單位，等於28.4毫陞（.734立方英寸。
However, it should be remembered that all these numerous forms of means of payment had a common accounting basis in the pounds, shillings and pence of the imperial system.
但需要注意的是，所有這些支付手段都以帝國躰系下的英鎊、先令和便士爲共同的計價基礎。

What China is seeking is to refine its governance to overcome the shortcomings of a 2500 year old (from unification 221 BC) imperial system.
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But try as they did, they found it difficult to unravel the foreign technology from the values that produced it, and China's imperial system soon collapsed.
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