degree

出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中央民族大学出版社《新英汉大词典上》第304页（587字）

【词性】：n．

【释义】：

①阶段，程度〔He advanced by degrees from clerk to president．他从职员一步步升为总裁。

〕②度(温度的单位，以°表示)〔The boiling point of water is 212° Fahrenheit．水的沸点是华氏212度。〕③度(角的单位)〔There are 360 degrees in the circumference of a circle．周角有360度。〕④地位，身分，阶层〔a lady of high degree贵夫人〕⑤学位，学衔〔a B．A．degree文学学士学位〕⑥程度，数量〔A bum of the third degree is one that does the greatest amount of damage to the skin and flesh．三度烧伤对肌肉和皮肤的损伤最大。〕⑦［语］(形容词和副词的)级〔The positive degree is“dark”，the comparative degree is“darker”，and the superlative degree is“darkest”．“dark”是原级，“darker”是比较级，“darkest”是最高级。

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