gradation
美音:
[greı´deıʃən
]英音:
[greı´deıʃən
]n.分等级,顺序,阶级
难易程度:
gradation为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
副词:gradationally 形容词:gradational
词根
grad=to walk(行走) 变化型 gress
近义词, 同义词
gradation
/grə'deɪʃn; ˇrə`deʃən/
n
1 [U, C] gradual change from one thing to another (从一事物到另一事物的)渐变
*Note the subtle gradation of/in colour in this painting. 注意这幅画中色彩的细微变化.
2 [C] any of the stages or steps into which sth is divided (事物划分的)阶段, 等级
*It was hard to understand all the minute gradations of their bureaucracy. 很难弄清楚他们那套官僚体制全部细微的等级分别.
3 [C] mark showing a division on a scale 刻度
*the gradations on a thermometer 温度计上的刻度.
gradation
n[C]
formal a small change or difference between points on a scale
There are many gradations of colour between light and dark blue.