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- taking place or progressing slowly or by degrees（发生或发展）缓慢地; 逐渐地：
the gradual introduction of new methods.
新方法的逐渐引入。
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- (of a slope) not steep or abrupt（坡度）不陡峭的。
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- (in the Western Christian Church) a response sung or recited between the Epistle and Gospel in the Mass（西方基督教会弥撒中在《使徒书信》和《福音书》之间）唱和（或应答）短诗。
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- a book of plainsong for the Mass弥撒的素歌集。
派生词
gradually
adverbgradualness
noun词源
late Middle English: from medieval Latin gradualis, from Latin gradus 'step'. The original sense of the adjective was 'arranged in degrees'; the noun refers to the altar steps in a church, from which the antiphons were sung.