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a mark given in an exam or for a piece of school work 成绩等级;评分等级 - (British English)
She got good grades in her exams. 她考试成绩优良。 - (North American English)
She got good grades on her exams. 她考试成绩优良。 70 per cent of students achieved Grade C or above. 70%的学生达到丙级或以上。
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationb1an A-grade essay 一篇得 A 的文章 I need to improve my grades. 我需要提高自己的成绩。 She got a failing grade for that assignment. 那项作业她的得分不及格。 The oral exam constitutes 10 per cent of the final grade. 口试占期末成绩的10%。 The proportion of students getting A grades is up. 成绩A的学生比例上升。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- final
- A
- B
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- achieve
- attain
- earn
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- grade point average
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(in the US school system) one of the levels in a school with children of similar age (美国学制)年级 Sam is in (the) second grade. 萨姆读二年级。
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationb1He skipped a grade so he finished high school early. 他跳了一级,所以中学毕业早。 My son will be starting third grade this fall. 我儿子今年秋天该上三年级了。 He moved up three grades in just a year. 他在一年内升了三级。 These topics are suitable for seventh grade. 这些题目适合七年级。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sixth
- third
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- enter
- start
- complete
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- level
- school
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the quality of a particular product or material see also high-grade, low-grade(产品、材料的)等级,品级 Extra Examplesa piece of high grade building land 一块优质建筑用地 low grade steel 劣质钢 Grade A beef A级牛肉 a piece of top grade beef 一块顶级牛肉
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- top
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a level of ability or rank that somebody has in an organization (官衔的)级别;职别 Extra ExamplesShe was offered a job at a lower grade. 她被安排了一个较低职位的工作。 The majority of staff are on the same grade. 大多数职员的级别相同。 large pay increases for senior grades 高级职位的大幅加薪 the people on management grades 管理层全体人员 The higher grades within the organization usually get bigger pay rises. 在组织内部,通常级别越高,薪水涨幅越大。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- senior
- junior
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- at a/the… grade
- on a/the… grade
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how serious an illness is (疾病的)程度,阶段 low/high grade fever 低烧;高烧
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a slope on a road or railway; the degree to which the ground slopes 等级: 道路或铁路上的斜坡;地面倾斜的程度The hill has a grade of 25 per cent. 这座山的坡度为25%。 We hiked up a short steep grade. 我们徒步爬上了一个矮的陡坡。
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a level of exam in musical skill (音乐考试的)级别,水平 grade 6 piano 六年级钢琴
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin gradus ‘step’. Originally used as a unit of measurement of angles (a degree of arc), the term later referred to degrees of merit or quality.
Idioms
make the grade
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to reach the necessary standard; to succeed 达到必要标准;符合要求;成功 About 10 per cent of trainees fail to make the grade. 大约10%的受训者未能达标。