一、详细释义：


n.

阶层


例句：

There will be hundreds of people out there with your same degree.

外面成百上千的人和你是同样的阶层。


例句：

We should encourage any reasonable degree of customer patronage for product.

我们应鼓励各阶层的顾客光顾此产品。


度


例句：

Water freezes at zero degrees Centigrade.

水在摄氏零度结冰。


例句：

The climate of this town is so mild that the thermometer seldom rises to thirty degree even in midsummer.

这个镇的气候如此温和以至于即使在仲夏温度计也很少升到30度。


学位


例句：

Many people pursue a law degree in order to be more effective or influential in their field.

许多人想取得法学位是希望在自己的领域里更加有影响力。


例句：

An increasing number of students are registering for degree course each year.

每年都有越来越多的学生注册选修学位课程。


程度，等级


例句：

Our teacher has a high degree of responsibility.

我们老师有高度的责任感。


例句：

The various harmonics are in resonance in this cavity to different degrees.

在口腔中，各种谐音的共鸣程度不同。


二、词义辨析：


class,degree,grade,rank

这些名词均有“级，等级”之意。 class含义广泛，指人或物按优劣划分的等级，也指学校中的年级或班级。 degree指程度、范围不同，社会地位的高低。也可指形容词或副词的级。 grade指按地位或优劣划分的等级，既可指人又可指物。 rank指人在社会中的地位或等级，尤指军队中的军衔。


三、相关短语：


bachelor's degree

n.学士学位


degree program

学位课程


doctor's degree

n.博士学位


master's degree

n.硕士学位


degree centigrade

百分度


degree of freedom

自由度


second-degree burn

二度烧伤


third-degree burn

n.严重灼伤,三度灼伤


associate degree

ph. 1.美国大学修满二年课程之肄业证书


first-degree burn

n. 一级烧伤


third degree

n. 严刑逼供, 拷问


四、参考例句：


Industrial Engineering degree prefered.

工业工程类学位优先。


Then she took a degree.

后来她拿到了一个学位。


The degrees are divided into the bachelor's degree, the master's degree and the doctor's degree.

学位分为学士、硕士和博士。


It's 55 degree Fahrenheit today.

今天55华氏度。


I took my master degree in 1988.

我于1988年获得硕士学位。


The degree of secrecy naturally varies considerably.

保密的程度当然差别很大。


Everyone is fallible to some degree.

在某种程度上说每个人都难免犯错误。


It's 13 degree Celsius today.

今天13摄氏度。


He was to a great degree self-taught.

其成才很大程度上依赖于他的自学天赋。


She has a degree in biology.

她具有生物学的学位。