| 释义 |
graduated
adjective
1. : being a graduate
2.
a. : marked with or divided into degrees : divided into or arranged in grades, steps, or successive levels usually proportionally
< a graduated series of honors >
b. of a tax : increasing in rate with increase in taxable base (as income or inheritance) : progressive
3. of a bird's tail : made up of feathers which become successively longer from the outer layer to innermost : tapered |