| 释义 |
degree/diˈɡri:/n. 1 a stage in an ascending or descending scale, series, or process 程度，等级，阶段 2 a stage in intensity or amount 度数；轻重，量 to a high degree 很大程度上; in some degree 有几分 3 relative condition 方式；方面 each is good in its degree 各有所长 4 Math. a unit of measurement of angles, one-ninetieth of a right angle or the angle subtended by one-three-hundred-and-sixtieth of the circumference of a circle (symbol ° as in 45°) 【数】(角度的测量单位)度(如 45° 中的“ ° ”) 5 Physics a unit in a scale of temperature, hardness, etc. (abbr. 缩略 : deg.) (or omitted in the Kelvin scale of temperature 开氏温标不用) 【物理学】(温度、硬度等刻度单位)度，度数 6 Med. each of a set of grades (usu. three) used to classify burns according to their severity 【医】烧伤度(通常有 3 级) often 常作 attrib.: third-degree burns 三度烧伤 7 an academic rank conferred by a college or university after examination or after completion of a course, or conferred as an honour on a distinguished person (学院、大学的)学位，学衔 8 a grade of crime or criminality (罪行的)轻重程度 murder in the first degree 一级谋杀罪 9 a step in direct genealogical descent 亲等 10 social or official rank 社会等级(或官阶) 11 Math. the highest power of unknowns or variables in an equation etc. (equation of the third degree) 【数】(在方程等中的)次，幂 12 a masonic rank (共济会成员的)等级 13 a thing placed like a step in a series; a tier or row 级 14 Mus. the classification of a note by its position in the scale 【音】(音阶上的)音级 □ by degrees a little at a time; gradually 逐渐地 □ to a degree colloq. considerably [口]在相当程度上；有点 □ degreeless adj.[Middle English via Old French degré from Romanic (as DE-, Latin gradus ‘step’)] |