如果把模型等價(jià)于英文中的Model來(lái)理解,可以概括出以下涵義:
(1)依實(shí)物的形狀和結(jié)構(gòu)按比例制成的物品,用于展覽或?qū)嶒?yàn)(a small copy or imitation of an existing object made to scale for exhibition or experiment);
(2)制造產(chǎn)品之前制作的參考雛型或結(jié)構(gòu)(a preliminary work or construction that serves as a plan from which a final product is to be made);
(3)對(duì)系統(tǒng)、理論或現(xiàn)象的示意性描述,用來(lái)解釋其已知的或推斷的性質(zhì),也可用于進(jìn)一步研究其特點(diǎn)(a schematic description of a system, theory, or phenomenon that accounts for its known or inferred properties and may be used for further study of its characteristics)。