degree

n

• ① 程度;等级
  • That is a matter of degree.那是程度的问题。
  • They differ only in degree.他们只在程度上有所不同。
  • To what degree can she be trusted?她可以被信任到什么程度?
  • He was worried to such a degree that he was unable to sleep.他苦恼到无法睡眠的地步。

• ② 1【法律】亲等2【美法律】(犯罪的)等级
  • a relation in the first degree一等亲
  • the prohibited [forbidden] degree (of marriage)禁止结婚的亲等(一等亲至三等亲)
  • murder in the first degree一级杀人

• ③ 【古】阶级;身分;地位
  • He's a man of high [low] degree.他是一个地位高[低]的人。

• ④ 学位
  • a doctoral degree博士学位
  • the degree of doctor of philosophy哲学博士(简称Ph. D.)
  • She has taken a degree in music at Cambridge.她在剑桥得到一个音乐学位。
  • He took the degree of Master of Arts in 1998.他在1998年得到了文学硕士的学位。

• ⑤ (经纬度、温度计等的)度,度数
  • 90 degrees九十度(★写作90°)
  • zero degrees centigrade摄氏零度(★写作0°C;零度用复数形)
  • at 38 degrees latitude north在北纬38度

• ⑥ 【文法】级
  • the positive [comparative, superlative] degree原[比较、最高]级