gradation

[.grə'deiʃən]

n.渐变, 阶段, 等级, 刻度,元音交替

例句与用法：

A good actor can express every gradation of feeling from joy to grief.

一名好演员能够表现出由快乐至痛苦的每一阶段的感情变化。

I have noticed the subtle gradation in colour in this painting.

我已经注意到这幅画中色彩的渐变。

It was hard to understand all the minute gradations of their bureaucracy.

很难弄清楚他们那套官僚体制全部细微的层次分别。

词形变化：

形容词: gradational | 副词: gradationally |

详细释义：

n.

1. 逐渐的变化; 阶段性变化[C][U]

the gradations of color in the rainbow

彩虹颜色的逐渐变化

2. (变化的)阶段, 程度; (颜色的)层次[P1]

A good actor can express every gradation of feeling from joy to grief.

一名好演员能够表现出由快乐至痛苦的每一阶段的感情变化。

There are many gradations between good and bad.

在好与坏之间还有许多不同的层次。