gradation / greɪˈdeɪ ʃən /

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gradation 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. any process or change taking place through a series of stages, by degrees, or in a gradual manner.
  2. a stage, degree, or grade in such a series.
  3. 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.
  4. the act of grading.
  5. ablaut.
  6. Geology. the leveling of a land surface, resulting from the concerted action of erosion and deposition.

gradation 近义词

n. 名词 noun

classification, step

更多gradation例句

  1. Exercise could easily exist on a continuum with infinite gradations of difficulty.
  2. 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.
  3. But within that group there is a great deal of gradation—much of it tied to specific timelines within pregnancy.
  4. Now, national possessions must be estimated by the same gradation that we have applied to individual possessions.
  5. It is something of the shape of a mitre, and forms a beautiful gradation of ascent towards the summit of faade.
  6. Why should we sacrifice this clear and useful gradation: unwell, very unwell, ill, very ill?
  7. The merest glance at society round us shows an endless gradation of varied service.
  8. You appear to imply that development and gradation in organs and functions are opposed to that conception, which they are not.