indexing

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT An index is a system by which changes in the value of something and the rate at which it changes can be recorded, measured, or interpreted. 指數
...the consumer price index. …消費價格指數。
2. N-COUNT An index is an alphabetical list that is printed at the back of a book and tells you on which pages important topics are referred to. 索引
There's even a special subject index. 甚至有一個特別的主題索引。
3. V-T If you index a book or a collection of information, you make an alphabetical list of the items in it. 爲…編索引
A quarter of this vast archive has been indexed and made accessible to researchers. 這批數量巨大的档案的1/4都已編了索引，可供研究者查閲。
4. V-T If a quantity or value is indexed to another, a system is arranged so that it increases or decreases whenever the other one increases or decreases. 使與…掛鉤[usu passive]
Minimum benefits and wages are to be indexed to inflation. 最低養老金和最低工資都要與通貨膨脹掛鉤。
5. →see also card index