每日英语单词42:degree


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degree

n.  [乐]音阶,度; [数]度,度数; 程度; 学位;

形近词

 

 

decree

n.  法令,命令; (法院的)判决,裁定;

vt.  命令; 颁布…为法令; (命运)注定; 裁决;

vi.  发布命令; 注定;

degrade

vt.  降低,贬低;  使降级;  降低…身份;  vt.& vi.  (使)退化,降解,分解;  降解;  

regret

vt.  后悔,悔恨;  遗憾,抱歉;  悼念,哀悼;

vi.  感到后悔,感到抱歉;

n.  遗憾,惋惜;  后悔,悔恨;  哀悼;

agree

vt.&  vi.  同意,赞同;

vi.  [语]一致,符合; 商定,约定; 意见相合; (气候、食物等)适宜;

vt.  同意,承认; 使和谐一致; 认为正确无误


 
degree  
英 [dɪˈgri:]   美 [dɪˈɡri] 
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n.  [乐]音阶,度; [数]度,度数; 程度; 学位;
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.
● These man-made barriers will ensure a very high degree ofprotection... 
这些人造屏障将会确保提供高度的保护。
② (N-UNCOUNT) (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.
● The first change is a matter of degree, the second is a fundamentalshift... 
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。
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˚.
● It's over 80 degrees outside... 
外面的温度超过了 80 度。
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, andalso longitude and latitude. It is often written as as '˚', for example 23˚.
● It was pointing outward at an angle of 45 degrees. 
它向外指向 45 度角的方向。
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 takethere, or the qualification that you get when you have passed the course.
● 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。
⑥ (PHRASE) 逐渐地;慢慢地 
If something happens by degrees, it happens slowly and gradually.
● The crowd in Robinson's Coffee-House was thinning, but only bydegrees. 
鲁宾逊咖啡屋里的人正在变少,但也只是渐少而已。
⑦ (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 acertain degree in order to indicate that something is partly true, but notentirely true.
● These statements are, to some degree, all correct. 
这些声明从某种程度上来说全都属实。
⑧ (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.
● To what degree would you say you had control over things that wenton?... 
你认为发生的事情在多大程度上是在你的掌控之下?

 
形近词:
1、decree
英 [dɪˈkri:]   美 [dɪˈkri] 
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n.  法令,命令; (法院的)判决,裁定; (教会的)教令;
vt.  命令; 颁布…为法令; (命运)注定; 裁决;
vi.  发布命令; 注定;
① (N-COUNT) 法令;政令 
A decree is an official order or decision, especially one made by the ruler of a country.
● In July he issued adecree ordering all unofficial armed groups in the country to disband... 
他于 7 月份下令解散国内所有的非正式武装组织。
② (VERB) 决定;规定;命令;颁布 
If someone in authority decrees that something must happen, they decide or state this officially.
● The UN Security Councilhas decreed that the election must be held by May... 
联合国安理会已通过决议,规定选举必须在5月前举行。
③ (N-COUNT) 判决;裁决 
A decree is a judgmentmade by a law court.
● ...court decrees.
 
2、degrade
英 [dɪˈgreɪd]   美 [dɪˈɡred] 
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vt.  降低,贬低; 使降级; 降低…身份; 使丢脸;
vt.&vi.  (使)退化,降解,分解; 降解;
① (VERB) 使丢脸;有辱…的人格;降低…的身份 
Something that degrades someone causes people to have less respect for them.
● ...the notion thatpornography degrades women... 
认为色情作品有辱女性尊严的观念
② (VERB) 使恶化;使退化 
To degrade something means to cause it to get worse.
● ...the ability to meethuman needs indefinitely without degrading the environment. 
无限制地满足人类需求而不造成环境退化的能力
③ (V-ERG) (使)降解 
In science, if asubstance degrades or if something degrades it, it changes chemically anddecays or separates into different substances.
● This substance degradesrapidly in the soil. 
这种物质在土壤里会迅速降解。
● ...the ability of theseenzymes to degrade cellulose.
 
3、regret
英 [rɪˈgret]   美 [rɪˈɡrɛt] 
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vt.  后悔,悔恨; 遗憾,抱歉; 悼念,哀悼;
vi.  感到后悔,感到抱歉;
n.  遗憾,惋惜; 后悔,悔恨; 哀悼;
 
4、agree
英 [əˈgri:]   美[əˈɡri] 
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vt.&vi.  同意,赞同;
vi.  [语]一致,符合; 商定,约定; 意见相合; (气候、食物等)适宜;
vt.  同意,承认;使和谐一致; 认为正确无误
 
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