gradual
英 ['gr?d???l]
美['ɡr?d?u?l]
- adj. 逐漸的；平緩的
- n. 彌撒升階圣歌集
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英文詞源
- gradual
- gradual: [16] Latin grādus ‘step’ has been a remarkably prolific source of English words. Beside grade [16] itself, it has contributed the derivatives gradation [16], gradient [19], gradual (from medieval Latin graduālis, literally ‘proceeding by steps’), graduate [15], and retrograde [14]. The derived verb gradī ‘walk, go’ has produced ingredient, and its past participial stem gress- has given, among others, aggression, congress, digress [16], progress [15], and transgress [16].
And degrade and degree are of the same parentage, the latter filtered through Old French. The origins of Latin grādus itself are not known.
=> aggression, congress, degrade, degree, digress, grade, gradient, ingredient, progress, transgress - gradual (adj.)
- early 15c., "having steps or ridges," from Medieval Latin gradualis, from Latin gradus "step" (see grade (n.)). Meaning "arranged by degrees" is from 1540s; that of "taking place by degrees" is from 1690s.
雙語例句
- 1. The roads are built to accommodate gradual temperature changes.
- 修建這些道路時考慮到了溫度的逐漸變化。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He hopes for a gradual disconnection from the federation.
- 他希望能從聯盟中逐漸抽身而出。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The greatest hope for reform is the gradual spread of information.
- 對改革的最大希望是信息能得以逐漸傳播。
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- 4. Weaning should be a gradual process.
- 斷奶要一步步來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. a gradual change in the climate
- 氣候的逐漸變化
來自《權威詞典》