单词 | grade |
释义 | grade grade // noun, verb
■ noun [C]
HIGH-GRADE, INVESTMENT GRADE, LOW-GRADE
1 the quality of a particular product or material: All the materials used were of the highest grade.
2 (HR ) a level in a system of pay or employment in an organization: salary grades (= levels of pay) ◆ She's still only on a secretarial grade.
3 (Finance ) a measurement of how good or safe sth such as an investment is: The company has been downgraded to non-investment grade.
IDIOMS
make the grade to reach the necessary standard; to succeed: About 10% of trainees fail to make the grade.
■ verb [+ obj] (often be graded)
to arrange people or things in groups according to their ability, quality, size, etc: The containers are graded according to size. Employees are constantly graded for performance. the highest-graded hotel in the area Responses were graded from 1 (very satisfied) to 5 (not at all satisfied). |
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