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- degree [dɪ 'grɪ] [dɪ 'grɪː]
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1.
noun
程度；等级
- The degree of expertise needed for this job is really high.
- 这个工作对专业知识的要求程度很高。
- The degree of trust I have in her is not much.
- 我不是很信任她。
- 2. noun 等级，地位，身份；阶层
- 3. noun 地步（或程度），限度；数量；数额；（相应的）强度
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4.
noun
[physics]
（温度计上的）度；（温度计，寒暑表的）刻度
- Today is really hot outside; about 35 degrees Centigrade.
- 今天外面真的很热，大概得有35摄氏度了。
- 5. noun 亲等
- 6. noun 相关（的情况）；方式；方面；关系
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7.
noun
[algebra]
次，次数
- a3c2 and x5 are each of the fifth degree.
- a3c2和x5都是五次项。
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8.
noun
[pedagogics]
学位，学衔
- I got a degree in Chemistry from Boston University.
- 我获得了波士顿大学化学专业的学位。
- 9. noun [grammar] （形容词和副词的）级，等级
- 10. noun [legal] （罪行的）严重性，（罪行的）轻重程度
- 11. noun [mathematics] [astronomy] [geography] 度，度数
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12.
noun
[music]
度，音阶，音级；音程，音差
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1.
noun
程度；等级
Collins English-English Dictionary
- degree [dɪ'griː]
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1.
n
a stage in a scale of relative amount or intensity
- a high degree of competence
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2.
n
a unit of temperature on a specified scale ° - See also Celsius scale Fahrenheit scale
- the normal body temperature of man is 36.8 degrees Celsius
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3.
n
an academic award conferred by a university or college on successful completion of a course or as an honorary distinction (honorary degree)
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4.
n
a measure of angle equal to one three-hundred-and-sixtieth of the angle traced by one complete revolution of a line about one of its ends ° - See also minute second - Compare radian
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5.
n
any of three categories of seriousness of a burn - See burn
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6.
n
(in the US) any of the categories into which a crime is divided according to its seriousness
- first-degree murder
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7.
n
[genealogy]
a step in a line of descent, used as a measure of the closeness of a blood relationship
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8.
n
a point or line defined by units of latitude and/or longitude °
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9.
n
[grammar]
any of the forms of an adjective used to indicate relative amount or intensity: in English they are positive, comparative, and superlative
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10.
n
a unit on any of several scales of measurement, as for alcohol content or specific gravity °
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11.
n
[music]
any note of a diatonic scale relative to the other notes in that scale
- D is the second degree of the scale of C major
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12.
n
a unit of latitude or longitude, divided into 60 minutes, used to define points on the earth's surface or on the celestial sphere
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13.
n
[maths]
the highest power or the sum of the powers of any term in a polynomial or by itself
- x4 + x + 3 and xyz2 are of the fourth degree
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14.
n
the greatest power of the highest order derivative in a differential equation
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15.
n
[obsolete]
a step; rung
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16.
n
[archaic]
a stage in social status or rank
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17.
n
See frost
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18.
n
[Etymology]
C13: from Old French degre, from Latin
de- + gradus step,grade
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1.
n
a stage in a scale of relative amount or intensity
Examples
- The positive degree is "good",the comparative degree is ‘better",and the superlative degree is "best".
- “good”(好)为原级，“better”(较好)为比较级，“best”(最好)为最高级。 → degree
- to some degree/a certain degree
- 从某种/一定程度上来说 → degree
- a cousin in the first degree
- 嫡堂 (或嫡表)兄弟(或姐妹) → degree
- a cousin in the second degree
- 隔堂(或表)兄弟(或姐妹) → degree
- a man of low degree
- 地位低贱的人 → degree
- each contributing to victory in his degree
- 每人对胜利都有不同程度的贡献 → degree
- hungry to a slight degree
- 有一点饿 → degree
- burns of the third degree
- 三度烧伤 → degree
- murder in the first degree
- 蓄意谋杀 → degree
- an honorary degree
- 荣誉学位 → honorary
nciku Note
Types of adverbs: Degree 程度副词
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Types of adverbs: Degree They like playing basketball a lot. She'll attend the meeting as well. 程度副词用来表示事情完成的程度。指所修饰动词的程度加深或减轻。通常置于句末。 Adverbs of degree provide information concerning how much of something is done. It increases or decreases the effect of the verb. It usually is placed at the end of a sentence. |
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