degrees

英 [dɪˈgriːz]

美 [dɪˈgriz]

n.  度，度数(角的量度单位); 度数(温度单位); 程度
degree的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 程度;级别
  You usedegreeto indicate the extent to which something happens or is the case, or the amount which something is felt.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• N-UNCOUNT （表示相对的数量、规模或范围）程度问题/ 程度上不同
  You usedegreein expressions such asa matter of degreeanddifferent in degreeto indicate that you are talking about the comparative quantity, scale, or extent of something, rather than other factors.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• N-COUNT (温度的)度，度数
  Adegreeis a unit of measurement that is used to measure temperatures. It is often written as ˚, for example 23˚.
  1. It's over 80 degrees outside...
     外面的温度超过了 80 度。
  2. 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。
• N-COUNT 度，度数(可以表示角度、经度、纬度等)
  Adegreeis a unit of measurement that is used to measure angles, and also longitude and latitude. It is often written as as '˚', for example 23˚.
  1. It was pointing outward at an angle of 45 degrees.
     它向外指向 45 度角的方向。
  2. ...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
• N-COUNT 学位课程;学位;学衔
  Adegreeat 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.
  1. 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。
  2. ...an engineering degree.
     工程学学位
  3. ...the first year of a degree course.
     学位课程的第一学年
• See also:first-degreesecond-degreethird-degree
• PHRASE 逐渐地;慢慢地
  If something happensby degrees, it happens slowly and gradually.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE 在一定/很大/ 某种程度上
  You use expressions such asto some degree,to a large degree, orto a certain degreein order to indicate that something is partly true, but not entirely true.
  1. These statements are, to some degree, all correct.
     这些声明从某种程度上来说全都属实。
• PHRASE 到…的程度;在…程度上
  You use expressions such asto what degreeandto the degree thatwhen you are discussing how true a statement is, or in what ways it is true.
  1. 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？
  2. 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。
• to the nth degree→ see:nth

双语例句

• That night the mercury fell to thirty degrees below zero.
  那天晚上温度计显示气温降到了零下30度。
• It's over 80 degrees outside
  外面的温度超过了80度。
• It was hot, nearly 90 degrees in the noonday sun.
  天很热，正午的阳光下，温度高达近90华氏度。
• It was 90 degrees and the air conditioning barely cooled the room
  当时气温达到了90度，空调也不能让房间凉快多少。
• Temperatures have peaked at over thirty degrees Celsius
  温度最高达30摄氏度以上。
• The shaft inclines almost 30 degrees.
  这口井几乎偏了30度角。
• The temperature dropped to minus ten degrees centigrade.
  温度降到摄氏零下十度。
• Pluto seems to have suffered a major collision that tipped it 122 degrees from the vertical.
  冥王星似乎受到过严重撞击，倾斜了122度。
• Different writers will prepare to varying degrees.
  不同作者的准备程度也会各不相同。
• Half of PML's scientists have first degrees, the other half have PhDs.
  普利茅斯海洋研究所的科学家一半有学士学位，另一半则有博士学位。