英汉词典

A：So, what’s your educational background?
      那么，你的教育背景是什么？

B：I graduate from high school with a 4.0, graduated from university with a degree in English, and am currently in the middle of obtaining a master’s degree in Linguistics.
      我以4.0 的成绩从高中毕业， 大学获得了英语学士学位，近来正在读语言学硕士学位。

A：What university did you go to ?
      你在那所大学？

B：I went to UCB, the university of California, Berkeley.
      UCB,加州伯克利大学。

A：Are you from California originally?
      你是加州本地人么？

B：No, I’m from Colorado. I received a full scholarship to UCB, so I went.
      不，我来自科罗拉州，我活得了UCB 全额奖学金，所以我去那里了。

A：That’s great. How did you like your classes there?
      那太好了，你觉得那些课上得怎么样？

B：I like my professors a lot. They seemed to have a lot of passion for teaching. They weren’t the stuffy professors that I thought they’d be.。
      我很喜欢我的教授。 他们似乎有很多教学热情。他们不是我想象的那种乏味的教授

A：How about the other students? Did you get along well with them?
      其他同学怎么样？和他们相处的好吗？

degree的反义词

B：The students were from all over the country. I found that most of my friends were people who were from the mid-west?
      这里的学生来自全国各地，我发现我的大多数朋友来自中西部。

A：That’s interesting. Why do you think that is?
      真有意思，为什么你这样认为？

B：I’m not sure. I lived in Iowa during middle school, so I guess we had that in common. Mid-westerners and people from the west coast have a different view of the world.
      我搞不清，我初中住在衣阿华州，所以我猜我们有共同之处。中西部和来自西海岸的人有不同的世界观。

degree的翻译

A：What do you mean?
      你指什么？

degree

B：It’s hard to explain. I guess people from the west coast come off as a bit snobby sometimes, especially if you aren’t come from the west coast。
      很难解释清，我猜西海岸的人有点势利，尤其是对纳妾不是来自西海岸的人。

A：I see. Well, thanks for coming in for the interview. My secretary will get back to you within a week.
      我懂了，奥，谢谢你接受这次面试，我的秘书会在一周内给你回电话的。

1. 程度;级别
    You use degree to indicate the extent to which something happens or is the case, or the amount which something is felt.

    e.g. These man-made barriers will ensure a very high degree of protection...
           这些人造屏障将会确保提供高度的保护。
    e.g. Politicians have used television with varying degrees of success.
           政客们已经利用电视取得了不同程度的成功。

2. （表示相对的数量、规模或范围）程度问题/ 程度上不同
    You use degree in expressions such as a matter of degree and different in degree to indicate that you are talking about the comparative quantity, scale, or extent of something, rather than other factors.

    e.g. The first change is a matter of degree, the second is a fundamental shift...
           第一个改变只是程度上的变化，而第二个则是根本性的转变。
    e.g. Generally, the programs of the president and the proposals of the governor appear to differ in degree and emphasis rather than ideology.
           总的来说，总统的方案和州长的提议似乎只是在程度和强调的重点上有所不同，根本的思想观念几乎无异。

3. (温度的)度，度数
    A degree is a unit of measurement that is used to measure temperatures. It is often written as ˚, for example 23˚.

    e.g. It's over 80 degrees outside...
           外面的温度超过了 80 度。
    e.g. Pure water sometimes does not freeze until it reaches minus 40 degrees Celsius.
           纯净水有时候要降到零下40摄氏度才会结冰。

4. 度，度数(可以表示角度、经度、纬度等)
    A degree is a unit of measurement that is used to measure angles, and also longitude and latitude. It is often written as as '˚', for example 23˚.

    e.g. It was pointing outward at an angle of 45 degrees.
           它向外指向 45 度角的方向。
    e.g. ...McMurdo Station in Antarctica, which is at 78 degrees South.
           位于南纬 78 度的麦克默多南极考察站

5. 学位课程;学位;学衔
    A degree at a university or college is a course of study that you take there, or the qualification that you get when you have passed the course.

    e.g. He took a master's degree in economics at Yale.
           他选择了攻读耶鲁大学的经济学硕士学位。
    e.g. ...an engineering degree.
           工程学学位

6. see also: first-degree;second-degree;third-degree

7. 逐渐地;慢慢地
    If something happens by degrees, it happens slowly and gradually.

    e.g. The crowd in Robinson's Coffee-House was thinning, but only by degrees.
           鲁宾逊咖啡屋里的人正在变少，但也只是渐少而已。

8. 在一定/很大/ 某种程度上
    You use expressions such as to some degree ,to a large degree, or to a certain degree in order to indicate that something is partly true, but not entirely true.

    e.g. These statements are, to some degree, all correct.
           这些声明从某种程度上来说全都属实。

9. 到…的程度;在…程度上
    You use expressions such as to what degree and to the degree that when you are discussing how true a statement is, or in what ways it is true.

    e.g. To what degree would you say you had control over things that went on?...
           你认为发生的事情在多大程度上是在你的掌控之下？
    e.g. He believes in himself to such a degree that he abuses his friends.
           他对自己极为自信，以至于竟然辱骂朋友。

10. to the nth degree -> see nth