grade

noun

/ɡreɪd/

Idioms

a mark given in an exam or for a piece of school work成绩等级；评分等级
- (British English) She got good grades in her exams.她考试成绩优良。
- (North American English) She got good grades on her exams.她考试成绩优良。
- 70 per cent of students achieved Grade C or above.70%的学生达到丙级或以上。
Wordfinder
- candidate
- exam
- grade
- invigilate
- mark
- oral
- paper
- practical
- resit
- revise
- an A-grade essay一篇得 A 的文章
- I need to improve my grades.我需要提高自己的成绩。
- She got a failing grade for that assignment.那项作业她的得分不及格。
- The oral exam constitutes 10 per cent of the final grade.口试占期末成绩的10%。
- The proportion of students getting A grades is up.成绩A的学生比例上升。
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Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- final
- A
- B
- …
verb + grade
- achieve
- attain
- earn
- …
phrases
- grade point average
(in the US school system) one of the levels in a school with children of similar age（美国学制）年级
- Sam is in (the) second grade.萨姆读二年级。
see also O grade, Standard Grade
- He skipped a grade so he finished high school early.他跳了一级，所以中学毕业早。
- My son will be starting third grade this fall.我儿子今年秋天该上三年级了。
- He moved up three grades in just a year.他在一年内升了三级。
- These topics are suitable for seventh grade.这些题目适合七年级。
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Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- sixth
- third
- etc.
- …
verb + grade
- enter
- start
- complete
- …
grade + noun
- level
- school
preposition
- in… grade
the quality of a particular product or material（产品、材料的）等级，品级
- All the materials used were of the highest grade.使用的材料全是优质品。
see also high-grade, low-grade
- a piece of high grade building land一块优质建筑用地
- low grade steel劣质钢
- Grade A beefA级牛肉
- a piece of top grade beef一块顶级牛肉
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- high
- top
- low
- …
a level of ability or rank that somebody has in an organization（官衔的）级别；职别
- salary/pay grades (= levels of pay)工资/工资等级
- She's still only on a secretarial grade.她的职别仍然只是秘书。
- She was offered a job at a lower grade.她被安排了一个较低职位的工作。
- The majority of staff are on the same grade.大多数职员的级别相同。
- large pay increases for senior grades高级职位的大幅加薪
- the people on management grades管理层全体人员
- The higher grades within the organization usually get bigger pay rises.在组织内部，通常级别越高，薪水涨幅越大。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- high
- senior
- junior
- …
preposition
- at a/the… grade
- on a/the… grade
(specialist) how serious an illness is（疾病的）程度，阶段
- low/high grade fever低烧；高烧
(especially North American English)
(also gradient British and North American English)
a slope on a road or railway; the degree to which the ground slopes等级：道路或铁路上的斜坡；地面倾斜的程度
- The hill has a grade of 25 per cent.这座山的坡度为25%。
- We hiked up a short steep grade.我们徒步爬上了一个矮的陡坡。
(British English) a level of exam in musical skill（音乐考试的）级别，水平
- grade 6 piano六年级钢琴

词源early 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin gradus ‘step’. Originally used as a unit of measurement of angles (a degree of arc), the term later referred to degrees of merit or quality.

Idioms

make the grade

(informal) to reach the necessary standard; to succeed达到必要标准；符合要求；成功
- About 10 per cent of trainees fail to make the grade.大约10%的受训者未能达标。
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grade

verb

/ɡreɪd/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they grade	/ɡreɪd/ /ɡreɪd/
he / she / it grades	/ɡreɪdz/ /ɡreɪdz/
past simple graded	/ˈɡreɪdɪd/ /ˈɡreɪdɪd/
past participle graded	/ˈɡreɪdɪd/ /ˈɡreɪdɪd/
-ing form grading	/ˈɡreɪdɪŋ/ /ˈɡreɪdɪŋ/

(especially North American English) to give a grade to a student or to a piece of their written work给…评分；给…分数
- grade somebody/something I spent all weekend grading papers.我整个周末都在评阅试卷。
- grade somebody/something + noun The best students are graded A.最优秀的学生评为甲等。
compare mark
- I don't think he graded our essays fairly.我认为他给我们的作文打分不公平。
- Who grades the students?谁给学生评分？
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Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- fairly
- objectively
[usually passive] to arrange people or things in groups according to their ability, quality, size, etc.（按能力、质量、大小等）分级，分等，分类
- be graded (by/according to something) The containers are graded according to size.这些容器按大小分类。
- be graded from… to… Eggs are graded from small to extra large.鸡蛋从小号到特大号分成不同等级。
- Responses were graded from 1 (very satisfied) to 5 (not at all satisfied).回答按 1（非常满意）到 5（完全不满意）分类。
- be graded (as) something Ten beaches were graded as acceptable.有十个沙滩属于可接受的那一类。
- be graded for something The grammar exercises are graded for difficulty.语法练习按难度分级。
- The containers are graded by size.容器按尺寸分级。
- The timber is graded according to its thickness.木材按厚度分级。
- a series of modern stories carefully graded for beginner to intermediate students按初学到中级水平详细分级的当代故事系列
- finely graded nuances of language语言中仔细区分的细微差别
- The attacks were graded as mild, moderate or severe.袭击分为轻度、中度或重度。
- The gems are then graded by quality.然后宝石按质量分级。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- carefully
- finely
preposition
- according to
- by
- from… to…
- …

词源early 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin gradus ‘step’. Originally used as a unit of measurement of angles (a degree of arc), the term later referred to degrees of merit or quality.