| 单词 | gradation |
| 释义 | gradation (once / 2157 pages) 1n 2n Anything with a bunch of levels or stages can be considered a gradation. In high school, the process of moving from freshman to senior year could be called a gradation, or your position in the series of steps that lead toward graduation. Any organization with a hierarchy, set up so that some members are considered better, higher, or more respected than others, has a gradation of positions within it. The military is a great example, with a gradation, or series of steps, from private to general. The root of gradation is the Latin gradationem, which means "ascent by steps." WORD FAMILYgradation: gradational, gradations+/gradate: gradated, gradates, gradating, gradation, gradatory/gradational: gradationally USAGE EXAMPLESHere as throughout the book, personal experience is inseparable from that of racial consciousness and its varied gradations. The New Yorker(Dec 01, 2016) HDR allows games to display more vibrant gradations between an image’s brightest brights and darkest darks as well as substantially improved color depth. Time(Nov 07, 2016) As Jane Hall puts it, “there are gradations of coverage.” Washington Post(Oct 23, 2016) 1 1n relative position in a graded series subtle gradations in color Syn|Hypo|Hyper step cut a step on some scale rank relative status 2n the act of arranging in grades 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper graduation blending, shading a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades quantification the act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something n a degree of ablaut Syn|Hyper grade ablaut a vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing sang sung song) |
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