grade

grade
noun
  1. a particular level of rank, quality, proficiency, intensity, or value
    （等级、质量、熟练程度、强度或数值上的）级别
    sea salt is usually available in coarse or fine grades.
    从级别上来说，海盐通常有粗盐和细盐之分。
    ■a level in a salary or employment structure
    （薪水或就业结构中的）等级
    ■(Brit.)a level of importance allocated to a listed building
    (英)（对列入名单的建筑物按重要性进行的）分级
    [as modifier]a Grade I listed building.
    一级建筑。
    ■(chiefly N. Amer.)a mark indicating the quality of a student's work
    (主北美)（表明学生成绩的）分数
    I got good grades last semester.
    上学期我得了高分。
    ■(Brit.)an examination, especially in music
    (英)（尤指音乐的）考试
    I took grade five and got a distinction.
    我参加了五级的考试并得了优良。
    ■(N.Amer.)(with specifying ordinal number) those pupils in a school or school system who are grouped by age or ability for teaching at a particular level for a year
    (北美)（按学生年龄或受教能力划分的）年级
    she teaches first grade.
    她教一年级。
    ■(in historical linguistics) a relative position in a series of forms involving ablaut
    (历史语言学)元音变换的相应位置
    ■(Zoology)a group of animals at a similar evolutionary level
    (动)（由一组处于相似进化程度的动物形成的）级
  2. (chiefly N. Amer.)a gradient or slope
    (主北美)梯度；斜坡
    just over the crest of a long seven per cent grade.
    刚越过了一个长长的0.07度斜坡的山顶。
  3. [usu. as modifier]a variety of cattle produced by crossing with a superior breed
    与纯种杂交改良的牛
    grade stock.
    改良的家畜。
verb
[with obj.](一般作 be graded)
  1. arrange in or allocate to grades; class or sort
    按照级别安排或分配；分类
    they are graded according to thickness.
    它们是按厚度分类的。
    [as adj. graded]carefully graded exercises.
    仔细分类的练习。
    ■(chiefly N. Amer.)give a mark to (a student or a piece of work)
    (主北美)（给学生或作业）打分
  2. [no obj.]pass gradually from one level, especially a shade of colour, into another
    （尤指色彩）从一个等级逐渐进入另一个等级
    the sky graded from blue at the top of the shot to white on the horizon.
    天空从镜头顶端的蓝色渐渐变成地平线上的白色。
  3. reduce (a road) to an easy gradient
    （将路面）坡度减缓
  4. cross (livestock) with a superior breed
    （家畜）与更优良品种杂交
常用词组
at grade
  1. (N. Amer.)on the same level
    (北美)在同一水平面上
    the crossing at grade of two streets.
    两条街的平面交叉路口。
make the grade
  1. (informal)succeed; reach the desired standard
    (非正式)成功；达到理想标准
语源
  1. early 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin gradus 'step'. Originally used as a unit of measurement of angles (a degree of arc), the term later referred to degrees of merit or quality
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