grade的解释

A：You know, Ralph, since I started speaking English all the time my pronunciation's getting better and even the grammar's beginning to make some sense. But I don't think I'll ever be able to spell.
      拉尔夫，你知道，自从我开始所有时间都讲英语以来，我的发音有了进步，而且语法也开始理顺了。不过我不认为我能把字拼出来。

B：You're not alone there.I have trouble with spelling too. When I was in grade school. I learned which words were the most frequently misspelled. But I never did learn how to spell them.
      不是你一个人如此。我在拼音方面也有困难。当我上小学的时候,我知道哪些词是经常拼错的, 但我没有学会如何拼这些词。

A：Since it's so difficult, why is it so important to learn how to spell properly?
      既然这么难，为什么学会准确拼音又如此重要呢？

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B：Because if you spell satisfactorily, you're considered educated.If you don't, you're not.
      因为如果你能准确无误地拼音，人家就会把你看作受到教育的人。 否则，在别人眼里你是个缺乏教育的人。

1. 将…分等级
    If something is graded, its quality is judged, and it is often given a number or a name that indicates how good or bad it is.

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    e.g. Dust masks are graded according to the protection they offer...
           防尘口罩根据它们的防护效果分等级。
    e.g. South Point College does not grade the students' work.
           南点学院不对学生的作业评分。

2. （尤指正式评定的）等级，品级
    The grade of a product is its quality, especially when this has been officially judged.

grade的翻译

    e.g. ...a grade II listed building.
           列入二级文物保护的建筑

3. （用数字或字母表示的）成绩，评分
    Your grade in an examination or piece of written work is the mark you get, usually in the form of a letter or number, that indicates your level of achievement.

    e.g. What grade are you hoping to get?...
           你希望得到什么样的成绩？
    e.g. There was a lot of pressure on you to obtain good grades.
           你背负了拿到高分的巨大压力。

4. （职位的）级别，等级
    Your grade in a company or organization is your level of importance or your rank.

grade的反义词

    e.g. Staff turnover is particularly high among junior grades.
           基层职员的流动率特别高。

5. （美国学校中的）年级
    In the United States, a grade is a group of classes in which all the children are of a similar age. When you are six years old you go into the first grade and you leave school after the twelfth grade.

grade的意思

    e.g. Mr White teaches first grade in south Georgia.
           怀特先生在佐治亚州南部教一年级。

6. 斜坡
    A grade is a slope.

    e.g. She drove up a steep grade and then began the long descent into the desert.
           她驾车开上一个陡坡，然后沿着长长的下坡路驶入沙漠。

7. 军衔
    Someone's grade is their military rank.

    e.g. I was a naval officer, lieutenant junior grade.
           我是一名海军中尉军官。

8. 成功；达到理想标准
    If someone makes the grade, they succeed, especially by reaching a particular standard.

grade是什么意思

    e.g. She had a strong desire to be a dancer but failed to make the grade.
           她非常渴望成为舞蹈演员，但却因为达不到标准而未能圆梦。