grade /ɡreɪd/ star3 CET4 TEM4 (grading,graded,grades)

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  V-T（及物动词） If something is graded, its quality is judged, and it is often given a number or a name that indicates how good or bad it is. 将…分等级; 给…评分

  例：

  Dust masks are graded according to the protection they offer.

  防尘面具根据其提供的防护而分级。

• 2.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） The grade of a product is its quality, especially when this has been officially judged. 质量等级

  例：

  ...a good grade of plywood.

  …高品质的胶合板。

• 3.  

  COMB in ADJ（与形容词结合的复合词） Grade is also a combining form. 也用于组合式构词

  例：

  ...weapons-grade plutonium.

  …武器级钚。

• 4.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） Your grade in an examination or piece of written work is the mark you get, usually in the form of a letter or number, that indicates your level of achievement. (用字母或数字表示的) 成绩

  例：

  What grade are you hoping to get?

  你希望得到什么样的成绩？

• 5.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） Your grade in a company or organization is your level of importance or your rank. (职员的) 等级

  例：

  Staff turnover is particularly high among junior grades.

  员工流动率在级别低的职员中特别高。

• 6.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） In the United States, a grade is a group of classes in which all the children are of a similar age. When you are six years old you go into the first grade and you leave school after the twelfth grade. (美国学校中的) 年级

  例：

  Mr. White teaches first grade in south Georgia.

  怀特先生在佐治亚州南部教一年级。

• 7.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A grade is a slope. 斜坡 [美国英语]

  例：

  She drove up a steep grade and then began the long descent into the desert.

  她驾车爬上一个陡坡，然后开始长长的下坡进入沙漠。

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  N-COUNT（可数名词） Someone's grade is their military rank. 军衔 [美国英语]

  例：

  I was a naval officer, lieutenant junior grade.

  我曾是名海军军官，中尉军衔。

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  PHRASE（习语） If someone makes the grade, they succeed, especially by reaching a particular standard. 成功

  例：

  She had a strong desire to be a dancer but failed to make the grade.

  她渴望成为一名舞蹈家但没有成功。