gradation
gradation
noun
gradational
adjective
gradationally
adverb
语源
noun
- a scale or a series of successive changes, stages, or degrees
（连续变化、阶段或程度的）等级，序列
the Act fails to provide both a clear and defensible gradation of offences.
这个法案未能对犯罪行为给出一个清楚合理的等级划分。
■a stage or change in a such a scale or series
（等级或序列中的一个）阶段；变化
minute gradations of distance.
距离上细微变化。
■a minute change from one shade, tone, or colour to another
（从某色调、音调或颜色向另一种的）微妙变化
amorphous shapes in subtle gradations of green and blue.
在绿色和蓝色之间微妙渐变的难以归类的颜色种类。
■(in historical linguistics) another term for ablaut
历史语言学 同 ablaut
gradational
adjective
gradationally
adverb
语源
- mid 16th cent.: from Latin gradatio(n-), based on gradus 'step'
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