grade

/ɡreɪd/ n. / v.
标准词条 CET-4IELTS 词根 grad
一句话记住

等级;成绩;年级;给……分级;给……评分

释义与例句

n. 等级;成绩;年级
a level of quality or rank, a mark showing the standard of schoolwork, or a school year
  1. This restaurant uses only the highest grade of beef.
    这家餐厅只使用最高等级的牛肉。
  2. She received excellent grades in all her science subjects.
    她所有理科科目的成绩都很优秀。
展开其余 1 条例句
  1. My daughter is in the sixth grade this year.
    我女儿今年上六年级。
v. 给……分级;给……评分
to arrange things according to quality or size, or to give a mark to students' work
  1. The eggs are graded according to size and quality.
    这些鸡蛋按大小和质量分级。
  2. The teacher spent the evening grading essays.
    老师花了一晚上给作文评分。
展开其余 1 条例句
  1. The difficulty of each exercise is carefully graded.
    每项练习的难度都经过细致分级。

词源与构词

源自法语 grade,再追溯至拉丁语 gradus,原义为“步、级”,后指等级或评分。

记忆钩子 grade 的核心是“级别”:产品质量有“等级”,作业表现有“成绩”,学校教育有“年级”;作动词就是分级或评分。

词族与关联词

同根词(同一个词根长出来的词)
  • aggressive 好斗的;攻击性的
    The dog became aggressive when approached. 有人靠近时,那只狗变得很有攻击性。
  • gradual 逐渐的;渐进的
    The patient made a gradual recovery after the operation. 手术后,病人逐渐康复。
  • graduate 毕业生;大学毕业生
    Many graduates find their first jobs through internships. 许多毕业生通过实习找到第一份工作。
  • progress 进步;进展;前进
    She has made excellent progress with her English. 她的英语进步很大。
词族(同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式)
  • grading 分级;评分
    grade 加 -ing 构成名词。
  • grader 评分者;……年级学生
    依语境可指批改作业的人或某年级学生。
同义词
  • mark 分数;评分
    mark 英式英语常指一次作业或考试的分数,也可作动词评分;grade 还可指综合课程成绩、质量等级和美式学校年级。
    She got a high mark in the listening test. 她在听力测试中得了高分。
易混词(形近或义近,注意区别)
  • score 得分;分数
    score 通常指考试、比赛中的数值得分;grade 可指字母或等级成绩,也可指产品质量等级或学校年级。
    His final score was eighty-five out of a hundred. 他的最终成绩是满分一百分中的八十五分。
常见搭配
  • get good grades 取得好成绩
    She studied consistently and got good grades. 她坚持认真学习,取得了好成绩。
  • high-grade 高等级的;优质的
    The mine produces high-grade iron ore. 这座矿出产高品位铁矿石。
  • grade an exam 给考试评分
    Two teachers graded each exam independently. 两位教师分别独立给每份试卷评分。