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degree n.学位；程度；度数 (1) 他没获得学位就离开了大学。(2) 从事这个工作你必须具有英语专业的大学学位。(3) 她也受到波及，但程度较轻。(4) 对他们一点也不能相信。(5) 水在摄氏零度结冰。(6) 如果一个图的每个顶点都具有相同的度数，则称它是正则图。 You could say there are many degrees of appropriate usage for the noun degree. In education, it's what you earn from a college or university after passing all the right courses. When it comes to temperature, you can put your degrees into Celsius or Fahrenheit. And if you're stuck in geometry class, you'll be spending lots of time talking about the 360 degrees in a circle or the 90 degrees in a right angle.

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英 [dɪ'ɡriː] 美 [dɪ'ɡriː] (1) He went down without taking a degree.(2) To do this job, you must have a degree in English.(3) She has also been affected, but to a lesser degree.(4) They cannot be trusted in the slightest degree.(5) Water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius.(6) A graph is regular if every vertex has the same degree. A unit of measurement, degree describes the level, intensity or seriousness of something. So that hot coffee may not have caused 3rd degree burns, but it still took a good degree of self-control not to scream when you sipped it. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]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.   [with supp]  [PHR n]These man-made barriers will ensure a very high degree of protection...这些人造屏障将会确保提供高度的保护。Politicians have used television with varying degrees of success.政客们已经利用电视取得了不同程度的成功。If something has a degree of a particular quality, it has a small but significant amount of that quality.一些，一定程度的(特质)Their wages do, however, allow them a degree of independence...不过，他们的工资确实给了他们一定的独立。A degree of cautious optimism is justified.表现出一定程度的谨慎乐观是合乎情理的。2[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]（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.   [of/in N]The first change is a matter of degree, the second is a fundamental shift...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。Generally, the programs of the president and the proposals of the governor appear to differ in degree and emphasis rather than ideology.总的来说，总统的方案和州长的提议似乎只是在程度和强调的重点上有所不同，根本的思想观念几乎无异。3[N-COUNT 可数名词](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˚.   [usu num N]It's over 80 degrees outside...外面的温度超过了 80 度。Pure water sometimes does not freeze until it reaches minus 40 degrees Celsius.纯净水有时候要降到零下40摄氏度才会结冰。4[N-COUNT 可数名词]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, and also longitude and latitude. It is often written as as '˚', for example 23˚.   [usu num N]It was pointing outward at an angle of 45 degrees.它向外指向 45 度角的方向。...McMurdo Station in Antarctica, which is at 78 degrees South.位于南纬 78 度的麦克默多南极考察站5[N-COUNT 可数名词]学位课程；学位；学衔 A degree at a university or college is a course of study that you take there, or the qualification that you get when you have passed the course.   [usu with supp]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。...an engineering degree.工程学学位...the first year of a degree course.学位课程的第一学年6See also:first-degree；second-degree；third-degree；  7[PHRASE 短语]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 by degrees.鲁宾逊咖啡屋里的人正在变少，但也只是渐少而已。8[PHRASE 短语]在一定/很大/ 某种程度上 You use expressions such as to some degree ,to a large degree, or to a certain degree in order to indicate that something is partly true, but not entirely true.   [PHR with cl]  [vagueness]These statements are, to some degree, all correct.这些声明从某种程度上来说全都属实。9[PHRASE 短语]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.   [vagueness]To what degree would you say you had control over things that went on?...你认为发生的事情在多大程度上是在你的掌控之下？He believes in himself to such a degree that he abuses his friends.他对自己极为自信，以至于竟然辱骂朋友。10  to the nth degree→see: nth；

英语单词	degree
英美音标	英 [dɪ'ɡriː] 美 [dɪ'ɡriː]
中文释义	n.学位；程度；度数
英语例句	(1) He went down without taking a degree. (2) To do this job, you must have a degree in English. (3) She has also been affected, but to a lesser degree. (4) They cannot be trusted in the slightest degree. (5) Water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius. (6) A graph is regular if every vertex has the same degree.
中文例句	(1) 他没获得学位就离开了大学。 (2) 从事这个工作你必须具有英语专业的大学学位。 (3) 她也受到波及，但程度较轻。 (4) 对他们一点也不能相信。 (5) 水在摄氏零度结冰。 (6) 如果一个图的每个顶点都具有相同的度数，则称它是正则图。
vocabulary简明	A unit of measurement, degree describes the level, intensity or seriousness of something. So that hot coffee may not have caused 3rd degree burns, but it still took a good degree of self-control not to scream when you sipped it.
vocabulary扩展	You could say there are many degrees of appropriate usage for the noun degree. In education, it's what you earn from a college or university after passing all the right courses. When it comes to temperature, you can put your degrees into Celsius or Fahrenheit. And if you're stuck in geometry class, you'll be spending lots of time talking about the 360 degrees in a circle or the 90 degrees in a right angle.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]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. [with supp] [PHR n] These man-made barriers will ensure a very high degree of protection... 这些人造屏障将会确保提供高度的保护。 Politicians have used television with varying degrees of success. 政客们已经利用电视取得了不同程度的成功。 If something has a degree of a particular quality, it has a small but significant amount of that quality.一些，一定程度的(特质) Their wages do, however, allow them a degree of independence... 不过，他们的工资确实给了他们一定的独立。 A degree of cautious optimism is justified. 表现出一定程度的谨慎乐观是合乎情理的。 2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]（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. [of/in N] The first change is a matter of degree, the second is a fundamental shift... 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。 Generally, the programs of the president and the proposals of the governor appear to differ in degree and emphasis rather than ideology. 总的来说，总统的方案和州长的提议似乎只是在程度和强调的重点上有所不同，根本的思想观念几乎无异。 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词](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˚. [usu num N] It's over 80 degrees outside... 外面的温度超过了 80 度。 Pure water sometimes does not freeze until it reaches minus 40 degrees Celsius. 纯净水有时候要降到零下40摄氏度才会结冰。 4 [N-COUNT 可数名词]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, and also longitude and latitude. It is often written as as '˚', for example 23˚. [usu num N] It was pointing outward at an angle of 45 degrees. 它向外指向 45 度角的方向。 ...McMurdo Station in Antarctica, which is at 78 degrees South. 位于南纬 78 度的麦克默多南极考察站 5 [N-COUNT 可数名词]学位课程；学位；学衔 A degree at a university or college is a course of study that you take there, or the qualification that you get when you have passed the course. [usu with supp] 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。 ...an engineering degree. 工程学学位 ...the first year of a degree course. 学位课程的第一学年 6 See also:first-degree ；second-degree ；third-degree ； 7 [PHRASE 短语]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 by degrees. 鲁宾逊咖啡屋里的人正在变少，但也只是渐少而已。 8 [PHRASE 短语]在一定/很大/ 某种程度上 You use expressions such as to some degree ,to a large degree, or to a certain degree in order to indicate that something is partly true, but not entirely true. [PHR with cl] [vagueness] These statements are, to some degree, all correct. 这些声明从某种程度上来说全都属实。 9 [PHRASE 短语]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. [vagueness] To what degree would you say you had control over things that went on?... 你认为发生的事情在多大程度上是在你的掌控之下？ He believes in himself to such a degree that he abuses his friends. 他对自己极为自信，以至于竟然辱骂朋友。 10 to the nth degree→see: nth ；

Degree N Count 可数名词 N S Unit Expressions [Usu