degree
英英释意
- 1. a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality;
- "a moderate degree of intelligence"
- "a high level of care is required"
- "it is all a matter of degree"
- 2. a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process;
- "a remarkable degree of frankness"
- "at what stage are the social sciences?"
- 3. an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study;
- "he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude"
- 4. a unit of temperature on a specified scale;
- "the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature"
- 5. a measure for arcs and angles;
- "there are 360 degrees in a circle"
- 6. the highest power of a term or variable
- 7. the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime);
- "murder in the second degree"
- "a second degree burn"