grade
n
1 step, stage or degree of rank, quality, etc; level of classification (官階、 質(zhì)量等的)等級, 品級; 階段; 程度
a person's salary grade, ie level of pay 某人的薪金級別
[attrib 作定語]
high/low-grade civil servants, milk, pigs, materials 等級高[低]的公務(wù)員、 奶品、 豬、 材料
Grade A potatoes are the best in quality. 甲等馬鈴薯是質(zhì)量最好的.
2
(a) mark given in an examination or for school work (考試或作業(yè)的)分?jǐn)?shù), 評分等級
Pupils with 90% or more are awarded Grade A. 滿90分的學(xué)生評為甲等.
She got excellent grades in her exams. 她考試成績優(yōu)異.
(b) level of (esp musical) skill at which a pupil is tested (學(xué)生受測試的)技巧水平(尤指音樂方面)
He's got Violin Grade 6, ie has passed a test at that level of skill. 他的小提琴6級考試及格了.
3 (US) division of a school based on the age of the pupils; pupils in such a division 年級; (按年級劃分的)小學(xué)生
My son's in the third grade. 我兒子上小學(xué)三年級.
4 (US) = gradient.
5 (idm 習(xí)語) make the `grade (infml 口) reach the required or expected standard; succeed 達(dá)到要求的或預(yù)期的標(biāo)準(zhǔn); 成功. on the `up/`down grade getting better/worse 逐漸好轉(zhuǎn)[惡化]
Business is on the up grade. 生意日漸興隆.
grade v
1 [esp passive 尤用於被動語態(tài)
Tn, Tn.pr, Cn.n]
~ sth/sb by/according to sth; ~ sth/sb from sth to sth arrange sth/sb in order by grades or classes, ie assessed and marked with the standard or grade obtained 將某事物[某人]按級分類或分等
The potatoes are graded by/according to size. 馬鈴薯按大小分等級.
Eggs are graded from small to extra-large. 雞蛋從小的到特大的分成了等級.
2 [Tn, Cn.n] (esp US) mark (written work); give (a student) a mark 給(書面作業(yè))評分; 給(學(xué)生)分?jǐn)?shù)
The term papers have been graded. 期末考卷已評完分?jǐn)?shù)了.
A student who gets 90% is graded A. 凡得90分的學(xué)生列為甲等.
3 [Tn] make (land, esp for roads) more nearly level by reducing the slope (用削減斜度的辦法)使(地面, 尤指路面)接近水平.