degree
英 [dɪ'griː]
美[dɪ'ɡri]
	    - n. 程度,等级;度;学位;阶层
 
英英释意
- 1. a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality;
 - "a moderate degree of intelligence"
 - "a high level of care is required"
 - "it is all a matter of degree"
 
- 2. a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process;
 - "a remarkable degree of frankness"
 - "at what stage are the social sciences?"
 
- 3. an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study;
 - "he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude"
 
- 4. a unit of temperature on a specified scale;
 - "the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature"
 
- 5. a measure for arcs and angles;
 - "there are 360 degrees in a circle"
 
- 6. the highest power of a term or variable
 
- 7. the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime);
 - "murder in the second degree"
 - "a second degree burn"