2.12.3词根grad=grade(等级)【音频】
【grad为词根的词组记】
1. centigrade ['sentigreid] a. 摄氏温度的 【grade [greid] n. 等级,(中小学的) 学年,成绩,分数(i衍)】
2. gradual ['grædjuəl] a. 逐渐的,逐步的【grad=grade等级,字母e脱落,衍出字母u,-al形容词后缀;“一级一级的变化”】
3. gradually ['grædjʊəli] ad. 逐渐地【-ly副词后缀】
4. graduate ['grædjueit] v. 毕业【-ate后缀;“各个年级都已经修完的”】
5. graduation [ˌgrædju'eiʃən] n. 毕业,毕业典礼【-ion名词后缀】
6. degrade [di'greid] v.使降级,使丢脸【de=down降,grade等级;“降低等级”】
7. degree [di'gri:] n. 程度,度数, 学位【de-加强意义,gree=grade等级】
【经典例句】
1.The animal's temperature dropsto just over zero centigrade, andits heart beats very slowly.动物的体温降到刚好在零摄氏度以上,心脏跳动非常缓慢.
2.He's not in the first grade as a musician. 他不是第一流的音乐家.
3. There has been a gradual increase in the number ofpeople owning cars.拥有汽车的人数一直在逐渐上升.
4.We began to know each other gradually.我们开始渐渐地相互熟悉起来.
5.He graduated as an M.D. at Edinburgh.他毕业于爱丁堡大学,获得医学博士学位.
He is a graduate inmedicine.他是医科毕业生.
6.After graduation she became a teacher. 毕业以后, 她当了教师.
7.I felt degraded by having to ask for money. 我出于无奈向别人要钱而自觉有失尊严.
8. Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit (32 F) orzero/nought degrees Celsius (0 C). 水结成冰的温度是32华氏度(32℉)或零摄氏度(0℃).