詞彙精選：degree的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
階層
例句：
There will be hundreds of people out there with your same degree.
外面成百上千的人和你是同樣的階層。
例句：
We should encourage any reasonable degree of customer patronage for product.
我們應鼓勵各階層的顧客光顧此產品。
度
例句：
Water freezes at zero degrees Centigrade.
水在攝氏零度結冰。
例句：
The climate of this town is so mild that the thermometer seldom rises to thirty degree even in midsummer.
這個鎮的氣候如此溫和以至於即使在仲夏溫度計也很少升到30度。
學位
例句：
Many people pursue a law degree in order to be more effective or influential in their field.
許多人想取得法學位是希望在自己的領域裏更加有影響力。
例句：
An increasing number of students are registering for degree course each year.
每年都有越來越多的學生註冊選修學位課程。
程度，等級
例句：
Our teacher has a high degree of responsibility.
我們老師有高度的責任感。
例句：
The various harmonics are in resonance in this cavity to different degrees.
在口腔中，各種諧音的共鳴程度不同。
二、詞義辨析：
class,degree,grade,rank
這些名詞均有“級，等級”之意。class含義廣泛，指人或物按優劣劃分的等級，也指學校中的年級或班級。degree指程度、範圍不同，社會地位的高低。也可指形容詞或副詞的級。grade指按地位或優劣劃分的等級，既可指人又可指物。rank指人在社會中的地位或等級，尤指軍隊中的軍銜。
三、相關短語：
bachelor's degree
n.學士學位
degree program
學位課程
doctor's degree
n.博士學位
master's degree
n.碩士學位
degree centigrade
百分度
degree of freedom
自由度
second-degree burn
二度燒傷
third-degree burn
n.嚴重灼傷,三度灼傷
associate degree
ph. 1.美國大學修滿二年課程之肄業證書
first-degree burn
n. 一級燒傷
third degree
n. 嚴刑逼供, 拷問
四、參考例句：
Industrial Engineering degree prefered.
工業工程類學位優先。
Then she took a degree.
後來她拿到了一個學位。
The degrees are divided into the bachelor's degree, the master's degree and the doctor's degree.
學位分爲學士、碩士和博士。
It's 55 degree Fahrenheit today.
今天55華氏度。
I took my master degree in 1988.
我於1988年獲得碩士學位。
The degree of secrecy naturally varies considerably.
保密的程度當然差別很大。
Everyone is fallible to some degree.
在某種程度上說每個人都難免犯錯誤。
It's 13 degree Celsius today.
今天13攝氏度。
He was to a great degree self-taught.
其成才很大程度上依賴於他的自學天賦。
She has a degree in biology.
她具有生物學的學位。
