1N-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. 程度;级别
These man-made barriers will ensure a very high degree of protection. [+ of]
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. [+ of]
政客们已经利用电视取得了不同程度的成功。
If something has a degree of a particular quality, it has a small but significant amount of that quality.
Their wages do, however, allow them a degree of independence.
不过,他们的工资确实给了他们一定的独立。
A degree of cautious optimism is justified.
表现出一定程度的谨慎乐观是合乎情理的。
2N-UNCOUNT [of/inN](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. (表示相对的数量、规模或范围)程度问题/ 程度上不同
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.
3N-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˚. (温度的)度,度数
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。
4N-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˚. 度,度数(可以表示角度、经度、纬度等)
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
5N-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. 学位课程;学位;学衔
8PHRASE 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. 在一定/很大/ 某种程度上 [vagueness]
These statements are, to some degree, all correct.
这些声明从某种程度上来说全都属实。
9PHRASE 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. 到…的程度;在…程度上 [vagueness]
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.