class, degree, grade, rank

名詞 degree:

1. a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
   同義詞：grade, level
2. a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
   同義詞：level, stage, point
3. an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study
   同義詞：academic degree
4. a unit of temperature on a specified scale
5. a measure for arcs and angles
   同義詞：arcdegree
6. the highest power of a term or variable
7. the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime)

1. She has also been affected, but to a lesser degree.
   她也受到波及，但程度較輕。
2. They cannot be trusted in the slightest degree.
   對他們一點也不能相信。
3. To do this job, you must have a degree in English.
   從事這個工作你必須具有英語專業(yè)的大學學位。
4. Water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius.
   水在攝氏零度結冰。

de.gree

n.（名詞）
One of a series of steps in a process, course, or progression; a stage:
階級：過程或進程中一系列階段中的一級；階段：
例句：
rose by degrees from clerk to manager of the store.
按階級逐漸從店員上升到經(jīng)理

A step in a direct hereditary line of descent or ascent:
支系，旁系：直系血緣遺傳中的一級：
例句：
First cousins are two degrees from their common ancestor.
嫡堂（或嫡表）兄（或姐，弟，妹）與他們共同的祖宗源自兩個支系

Relative social or official rank, dignity, or position.
地位，身份：相應的社會地位或軍銜、尊嚴或職務
Relative intensity or amount, as of a quality or an attribute:
強度，數(shù)量：相應的強度或數(shù)量，如某一特質(zhì)或?qū)傩缘膹姸然驍?shù)量：
例句：
a high degree of accuracy.
高度精確

The extent or measure of a state of being, an action, or a relation:
程度，范圍：存在、行動或聯(lián)系的范圍：
例句：
modernized their facilities to a large degree.
使他們的設備做大規(guī)模的現(xiàn)代化

Abbr. deg,deg.A unit division of a temperature scale.
縮寫 deg,deg.度：溫度刻度的一個單位
Mathematics A planar unit of angular measure equal in magnitude to !/3'0 of a complete revolution.
【數(shù)學】 度，度數(shù)：在量值上等于旋轉(zhuǎn)一周的!/3'0的角度測量的一個平面單位
A unit of latitude or longitude, equal to !/3'0 of a great circle.
經(jīng)緯度：經(jīng)線或緯線的一個單位，等于一個大圓的!/3'0
Mathematics
【數(shù)學】
The greatest sum of the exponents of the variables in a term of a polynomial or polynomial equation.
次數(shù)：多項式或多項式方程中變量的冪的最大數(shù)
The exponent of the derivative of highest order in a differential equation in standard form.
次：標準形式下的微分方程里最高次序的微商的冪

An academic title given by a college or university to a student who has completed a course of study:
學位：由學院或大學授予完成學業(yè)的學生的學術稱號：
例句：
received the Bachelor of Arts degree at commencement.
在畢業(yè)典禮上接受文學學士學位

A similar title conferred as an honorary distinction.
榮譽學位：一種類似的作為一種榮譽而被授予的稱號
Law A division or classification of a specific crime according to its seriousness:
【法律】 等級：根據(jù)輕重程度對罪行的分類：
例句：
murder in the second degree.
二級謀殺

A classification of the severity of an injury, especially a burn:
深度：受傷，尤指燒傷的嚴重程度：
例句：
a third-degree burn.
三度燒傷

Grammar One of the forms used in the comparison of adjectives and adverbs. For example,sweet is the positive degree, sweeter the comparative degree, and sweetest the superlative degree of the adjective sweet.
【語法】 比較級：形容詞和副詞的比較形式之一。例如，sweet 是原級， sweeter 是比較級， sweetest 是形容詞 sweet 的最高級
Music
【音樂】
One of the seven notes of a diatonic scale.
音級：全音階的七個音符之一
A space or line of the staff.
譜間，譜線

<習慣用語>by degrees
Little by little; gradually.
一點一點地；逐漸地
to a degree
To a small extent; in a limited way.
有點，稍微：在小范圍內(nèi)；以限制的方式
來源：
Middle English degre
中古英語 degre
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Vulgar Latin *dôgradus
源自 俗拉丁語 *dôgradus
Latin dô- [de-]
拉丁語 dô- [表示.否定.]
Latin gradus [step] * see ghredh-
拉丁語 gradus [階段] *參見 ghredh-