| 单词 | graded |
| 释义 | graded (once / 4663 pages) adj Something that's graded is given a rank or a score, like your Calculus test. The root word grade comes from the Latin gradus which means "step or degree." Graded rankings are arranged by step––one step up from a grade of B is a grade of A, and a slope is graded, rising not by steps but by degree. Note that graded can be used as an adjective, as in "She handed out the graded tests," or as a verb, as in “He graded the slope around the basement.” WORD FAMILYgraded: ungraded+/grade: gradable, graded, grader, grades, grading, gradual/grader: graders/grading: gradings/gradual: graduality, gradually, gradualness, graduals USAGE EXAMPLESBut when their deception was revealed, their counterparts graded them just as negatively as if they’d lied by commission. Time(Dec 19, 2016) But his real knack is right field, where last year he graded as one of the best at any position. Washington Post(Dec 14, 2016) The World Health Organization did well in terms of meeting the government’s aims, but was graded only “adequate” in organizational strength. New York Times(Dec 12, 2016) adj arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks Syn ranked, stratified hierarchal, hierarchic, hierarchical classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers |
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