N-COUNT 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.
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。
N-UNCOUNT (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.
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。
N-COUNT (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˚.
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。
N-COUNT 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˚.
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
N-COUNT 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.
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。
PHRASE 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。
PHRASE 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.
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 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.
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。