degree是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 (an) amount or level of something -- 数量；程度；水平

  • This job demands a high degree of skill. 这项工作对技术的要求很高。

  • There isn't the slightest degree of doubt that he's innocent. 毫无疑问，他是无辜的。

  • I have to warn you that there's a degree of (= some) danger involved in this. 我必须警告你这里面有一定的危险。

  • The number of terrorist attacks has increased to a terrifying degree. 恐怖袭击的次数已经到了骇人的程度。

  • There was some degree of truth in what she said. 她说的有一定的真实性。

  • To what degree do you think we will be providing a better service? 你认为我们的服务还有多大的改进空间？

  • "That's really bad." "Well, it's all a matter/question of degree (= there are other things better and other things worse)." “那可真是太糟糕了。”“只是程度不同而已。”

• 1 any of various units of measurement, especially of temperature or angles, usually shown by the symbol ° written after a number -- 度，度数（尤指温度或角度的度量单位，通常在数字后用符号°来表示）

  • a difference of three degrees 3度之差

  • Water boils at 212° Fahrenheit and 100° Celsius/Centigrade. 水在212华氏度，即100摄氏度沸腾。

  • A right angle is an angle of 90°. 直角为90度。

  • New York is on a latitude of 41°N and a longitude of 74°W. 纽约位于北纬41度、西经74度。

• 2 a course of study at a college or university, or the qualification given to a student after he or she has completed his or her studies -- 课程；学位

  • She has a physics degree/a degree in physics from Edinburgh. 她获得了爱丁堡大学的物理学学位。

  • mainly US She has a bachelor's/master's degree in history from Yale. 她获得了耶鲁大学历史学专业的学士／硕士学位。

  • UK "What degree did you do at York?" "Geography." “你在约克大学学的什么课程？”“地理学。”

• 3 used with an ordinal number to show how serious something is -- …度，…级（与序数词并用，表示某事物的严重性）

  • She suffered first-/second-/third-degree (= least serious/serious/very serious) burns on her legs. 她的腿部受到一度／二度／三度烧伤。

  • US He's being charged with first-degree (= the most serious type of) murder. 他被指控犯有一级谋杀罪。