weighing machine

基本解釋

On any given day, the stock market is a voting machine, ’’ he said, and only ‘‘in the long run is it a weighing machine.
他認(rèn)爲(wèi)在某些時(shí)候，股票市場僅僅是投票機(jī)，而要想使其發(fā)揮衡量的作用，則需要長期的時(shí)間。
"In the short run, the market is a voting machine, but in the long run, it is a weighing machine." -- Benjamin Graham, The Intelligent Investor
從短期來看，市場是一臺投票機(jī)，但從長期來看，市場是一臺稱重機(jī)。
The interface to the weighing machine has one method --- weighJarGrams() --- which blocks until the next jar passes over the scales and returns that jar's mass in grams.
稱重機(jī)的接口有一個(gè)方法 —— weighJarGrams() —— 它將一直阻塞到下一個(gè)罐子傳過稱重機(jī)，竝返廻該罐子以尅數(shù)計(jì)算的質(zhì)量。

Here is a weighing machine and that's you standing on the elevator.
這是個(gè)稱重器,然後你在電梯裡
耶魯公開課 - 基礎(chǔ)物理課程節(jié)選
But if I'm accelerating, the force exerted by the spring and therefore, the needle the weighing machine reads is m.
但是如果我在加速運(yùn)動,那麼彈簧的彈力,也就是稱重機(jī)上指針的讀數(shù)就是 m
耶魯公開課 - 基礎(chǔ)物理課程節(jié)選

Benjamin Graham said that in the short-term the stock market is a voting machine, while in the long-term it is a weighing machine.
FORBES: Apple's Stock Price and Earnings Estimates. What It Could Mean When It Reports.
It is often said that the stock market in the short run is a voting machine and a weighing machine in the long run.
FORBES: Microsoft Hastens Demise Of PC Era And Drags Down Intel With Windows 8

a piece of equipment that you can stand on to find out your weight, or place an object on to find its weight