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gradation

/grey-dey-shuhn/US // greɪˈdeɪ ʃən //UK // (ɡrəˈdeɪʃən) //

梯度,分级,渐变,层次感

Related Words

nuance细微差别,细微的差别,细微之处,细微的差异calibration校准,标定,校正,校验point点,地点,指点,观点grade等级series系列,系列产品,系列的,系列化rank级别,等级,排名,职级measurement测量,计量,衡量,衡量标准mark纪念,纪念品,纪念碑,纪念意义scale规模,尺度,等级,比例尺sequence序,顺序,排序,次arrangement安排,排列,排列方式,布置modification修改,改装,改动,改造degree程度,度,级别,度数divergence分歧,分歧性,发散性,分歧的情况variation变化,变异,变体,变奏distinction区别,区分,区别对待,差异difference差异,差别,区别,不同change变化,改变,更改,变革stage阶段,舞台,阶段性,阶段性的progression进展情况,进展,发展,进程

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any process or change taking place through a series of stages, by degrees, or in a gradual manner.
    • : a stage, degree, or grade in such a series.
    • : the passing of one tint or shade of color to another, or one surface to another, by very small degrees, as in painting or sculpture.
    • : the act of grading.
    • : ablaut.
    • : Geology. the leveling of a land surface, resulting from the concerted action of erosion and deposition.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounclassification, step
Synonyms
calibration校准,标定,校正,校验nuance细微差别,细微的差别,细微之处,细微的差异arrangement安排,排列,排列方式,布置change变化,改变,更改,变革degree程度,度,级别,度数difference差异,差别,区别,不同distinction区别,区分,区别对待,差异divergence分歧,分歧性,发散性,分歧的情况grade等级grouping分组,组别,组装,群体level水平,级别,层次,层面mark纪念,纪念品,纪念碑,纪念意义measurement测量,计量,衡量,衡量标准modification修改,改装,改动,改造notch凹槽,槽口,凹痕,缺口ordering订购place地点,地方,地位,场所point点,地点,指点,观点position位置,定位,职务,姿势progression进展情况,进展,发展,进程rank级别,等级,排名,职级scale规模,尺度,等级,比例尺sequence序,顺序,排序,次series系列,系列产品,系列的,系列化shade阴影,遮遮掩掩,阴凉处,遮蔽sorting分选,分拣,分类,排序stage阶段,舞台,阶段性,阶段性的succession继承,继承人,继承权,继承性variation变化,变异,变体,变奏

Examples

  • Exercise could easily exist on a continuum with infinite gradations of difficulty.

  • Compared with many other orders, the primates were rather easy to arrange on their evolutionary tree, thanks to well-preserved fossils, as well as relatively small yet well-defined gradations between living forms.

  • But within that group there is a great deal of gradation—much of it tied to specific timelines within pregnancy.

  • Now, national possessions must be estimated by the same gradation that we have applied to individual possessions.

  • It is something of the shape of a mitre, and forms a beautiful gradation of ascent towards the summit of faade.

  • Why should we sacrifice this clear and useful gradation: unwell, very unwell, ill, very ill?

  • The merest glance at society round us shows an endless gradation of varied service.

  • You appear to imply that development and gradation in organs and functions are opposed to that conception, which they are not.

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