grade /greɪd/ ( grades, grading, graded ) CET4

• V-T If something is graded, its quality is judged, and it is often given a number or a name that indicates how good or bad it is. 将…分等级; 给…评分

  例: Dust masks are graded according to the protection they offer.

  防尘面具根据其提供的防护而分级。

  例: Hampshire College does not grade the students' work.

  汉普郡学院不对学生们的作业评分。

• N-COUNT The grade of a product is its quality, especially when this has been officially judged. 质量等级

  例: ...a good grade of plywood.

  …高品质的胶合板。

  COMB in ADJ Grade is also a combining form. 也用于组合式构词

  例: ...weapons-grade plutonium.

  …武器级钚。

• N-COUNT Your grade in an examination or piece of written work is the mark you get, usually in the form of a letter or number, that indicates your level of achievement. (用字母或数字表示的) 成绩

  例: What grade are you hoping to get?

  你希望得到什么样的成绩？

• N-COUNT Your grade in a company or organization is your level of importance or your rank. (职员的) 等级

  例: Staff turnover is particularly high among junior grades.

  员工流动率在级别低的职员中特别高。

• N-COUNT In the United States, a grade is a group of classes in which all the children are of a similar age. When you are six years old you go into the first grade and you leave school after the twelfth grade. (美国学校中的) 年级

  例: Mr. White teaches first grade in south Georgia.

  怀特先生在佐治亚州南部教一年级。

• N-COUNT A grade is a slope. 斜坡 [AM]

  英国英语gradient

  例: She drove up a steep grade and then began the long descent into the desert.

  她驾车爬上一个陡坡，然后开始长长的下坡进入沙漠。

• N-COUNT Someone's grade is their military rank. 军衔 [AM]

  例: I was a naval officer, lieutenant junior grade.

  我曾是名海军军官，中尉军衔。

• PHRASE If someone makes the grade, they succeed, especially by reaching a particular standard. 成功

  例: She had a strong desire to be a dancer but failed to make the grade.

  她渴望成为一名舞蹈家但没有成功。