grade
[greɪd] noun countable
LEVEL 等级
ADVANCED
■a level of quality, size, importance, etc 等级；品级；级别•He's suffering from some kind of low -grade (= slight) infection, which he can't seem to get rid of.他感染程度较轻，但好像就是无法痊愈。 •There's some really high -grade (= high quality) musicianship on this recording.这张唱片表现出高超的音乐技能。 •Bill has been UK on / US at the same grade (= his job has been of the same level of importance, or he has had the same level of pay) for several years now.比尔那个职位已经做了好几年了。 ADVANCED
■a number or letter that shows how good someone's work or performance is 成绩等级；评分等级；分数•Steve never studies, but he always gets good grades.史蒂夫从来不学习，可成绩总是很不错。 •UK Carla got a grade A in German.卡拉在德语考试夺得 A 级成绩。
[greɪd] noun countable
SCHOOL 学校
ADVANCED US
■a school class or group of classes in which all the children are of a similar age or ability 年级•Jackie is in the sixth grade.杰克上六年级。
[greɪd] noun countable
SLOPE 斜坡 US for gradient •The next hill has a real steep grade.下一座小山有一个很陡峭的斜坡。
[greɪd] noun countable
make the grade
■to perform well enough to succeed in something 做得足够好；达到标准；成功•Ian wanted to be an actor, but he didn't make the grade.伊恩想做个演员，但是他不够资格。
[greɪd] verb transitive
■to separate people or things into different levels of quality, size, importance etc 把…分级；把…分等；把…分类•The fruit is washed and then graded by size.水果洗净后按大小分等级。 •The books are graded according to the difficulty of the language.这些书按照语言难易程度分级。 ■US (UK mark)
■to give a score to a student's piece of work 给…评分；给…打分数•to grade work/papers批改作业／试卷 |