1 N-COUNT 程度;级别 You use degree to indicate the extent to which something happens or is the case, or the amount which something is felt. 程度;级别
If something has
a degree of a particular quality, it has a small but significant amount of that quality.
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Their wages do, however, allow them a degree of independence.
不过，他们的工资确实给了他们一定的独立。
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A degree of cautious optimism is justified.
表现出一定程度的谨慎乐观是合乎情理的。
2 N-UNCOUNT [of/in N] （表示相对的数量、规模或范围）程度问题/ 程度上不同 You use degree in expressions such as a matter of degree and different in degree to indicate that you are talking about the comparative quantity, scale, or extent of something, rather than other factors. （表示相对的数量、规模或范围）程度问题/ 程度上不同
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The first change is a matter of degree, the second is a fundamental shift.
第一个改变只是程度上的变化，而第二个则是根本性的转变。
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Generally, the programs of the president and the proposals of the governor appear to differ in degree and emphasis rather than ideology.
总的来说，总统的方案和州长的提议似乎只是在程度和强调的重点上有所不同，根本的思想观念几乎无异。
SYN rank, order, standing, level
3 N-COUNT (温度的)度，度数 A degree is a unit of measurement that is used to measure temperatures. It is often written as ˚, for example 23˚. (温度的)度，度数
4 N-COUNT 度，度数(可以表示角度、经度、纬度等) A degree is a unit of measurement that is used to measure angles, and also longitude and latitude. It is often written as as '˚', for example 23˚. 度，度数(可以表示角度、经度、纬度等)
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It was pointing outward at an angle of 45 degrees.
它向外指向 45 度角的方向。
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...McMurdo Station in Antarctica, which is at 78 degrees South.
位于南纬 78 度的麦克默多南极考察站
5 N-COUNT 学位课程;学位;学衔 A degree at a university or college is a course of study that you take there, or the qualification that you get when you have passed the course. 学位课程;学位;学衔
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He took a master's degree in economics at Yale.
他选择了攻读耶鲁大学的经济学硕士学位。
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...an engineering degree.
工程学学位
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...the first year of a degree course.
学位课程的第一学年
6 See also: first-degree second-degree third-degree
7 PHRASE 逐渐地;慢慢地 If something happens by degrees, it happens slowly and gradually. 逐渐地;慢慢地
SYN little by little, slowly, gradually, moderately
8 PHRASE 在一定/很大/ 某种程度上 You use expressions such as to some degree ,to a large degree, or to a certain degree in order to indicate that something is partly true, but not entirely true. 在一定/很大/ 某种程度上 [vagueness]
9 PHRASE 到…的程度;在…程度上 You use expressions such as to what degree and to the degree that when you are discussing how true a statement is, or in what ways it is true. 到…的程度;在…程度上 [vagueness]
10 to the nth degree→see: nth
| Word Partnership | Use degree with: |
| N. | degree of certainty, degree of difficulty 1 45/90 degree angle 4 bachelor's/master's degree, college degree, degree programme 5 |
| ADJ. | high degree 1 honorary degree 5 |
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