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Will you be gracing us with your presence tonight? if
.grace and 'favour adj. [only before noun] {BrE) used to describe a
house or flat/apartment that a king, queen or government has allowed sb to use
( , )
graceful /'greisfl/ adj.
1 moving in a
controlled, attractive way or having a smooth, attractive form ttH W ; it W; ft Ifc W : The dancers were all
tall and
graceful ^-hfrttfto
o
He gave a graceful bow to the audience. fil T —* 13 o O the graceful
curves of the hills jgE % fk W Jr H iP: 2 polite and
kind in your behaviour, especially in a difficult situation ( Ate A SI ^ A ) f MS W : His father had always
taught him to be graceful in defeat. iMAJxllf 0
►
grace ful ly /-fall/ adv.: The cathedral’s white
towers climb gracefully into the sky.
0 I think we should just give in gracefully. 4%iAAI£jnj^i£AAAAiifeiA$&o
gracefulness
noun [U] graceless /'greislas/ adj. 1 not knowing how to be
polite and pleasant to other people Afl4L$! W; ft# W; A41W: a graceless, angry
young man
Jfi#, U&& W A45A 2 not pleasing or attractive to look at AftH W; A ?t
Ifc W; $£ A W: the graceless
architecture of the 1960s *20ttt£2 60 AAWSPilt$t 3 moving in an
awkward way #tj W : She swam with a graceless stroke. 0 FTO3 graceful
► grace-
lessly adv.
’grace note noun {music A) an extra note which
is not a necessary part of a tune, but which is played before one of the notes
of the tune as decoration gracious /'greijas/ adj. 1 (of people or
behaviour A^i ff A) kind, polite and generous, especially to sb of a lower
social position ( AltHfe) fnH W, MAW,
AiUftW, ^J¥W: a gracious lady ft:m icioa gracious smile M A W IK ^ 0 He has not
yet learned how to be gracious in defeat.
2
[usually before noun] showing the comfort and easy way of life that wealth can
bring m H £ it W : gracious living 3 [only
before noun] (BrE,
formal) used as a very polite
word for royal people or their actions ( j&AfrA
W3&ift )
ilMW, iEJ?W: her gracious
Majesty the Queen A 3E P£ T 4 ~ (to sb) (of God ± #) showing kindness and mercy fzMW; MAW; jft A W: a
gracious act of God i; f W I f 5 (becoming old-fashioned) used for expressing
surprise ( ) AW, i&A^,
Goodness gracious! A
A^W! o ‘I hope you didn’t mind my phoning you. ’ ‘Good gracious, no, of course not. ’ “ f§
” “w, ”
►
gra cious ly adv.: She graciously
accepted our invitation. Wilt o graciousness
noun [U]
grad /graed / noun {informal, especially
NAmE)
= GRADUATE
grad-able /’greidabl/ adj. {grammar iff if) (of an adjective A A i4]) that can be used in the
comparative and superlative forms or be used with words like Very’ and ‘less’ rJ 4E W; rJ Ie It
►
grad abil ity /.greida’biloti/ noun [U]
grad ation /gra'deijn/ noun 1 [C, U] {formal) any of the small
changes or levels which sth is divided into; the process or result of sth
changing gradually it; JH&; Rft g; gradations of colour
WMfe
0 gradation in size A2 (also gradu-ation) [C] a mark showing a
division on a scale % jg : the gradations on a
thermometer MJti+iiW^lIt grade CH* /greid/ noun, verb
m noun 1 the quality of a
particular product or material (
were of the highest grade. & JB W 0r »
2
a level of ability or rank that sb has in an organization (
llrffW ) ISA1); IR$lj: salary grades {= levels
of pay) 0 She’s still only on a
secretarial grade. M
WIR ££!!!£ 4$ o 3 a mark given in an exam or for a
piece of school work J&it iR: {BrE) She got
good grades in her exams. &<> 0 {NAmE?)
She got good grades on her exams. irfe^i^hSc^b!;
§.<, 0 70%
of pupils got Grade C or above. * 70% WA^^fehSMit C C |g.[U±0 4 (in the
—5 (technical A iff) how serious an illness is (
•fpf
W ) A & , [?fr Wl :
low/high
grade fever fa
6 {especially NAmE) = gradient(I) 7 (BrE) a level of exam
in musical skill ( # % # W ) gi] , 7jc A IT*T71 make the 'grade {informal) to reach the necessary
standard; to succeed ^^ A; :
About 10% of trainees fail to make the grade. i&^iSilll
WAAWW 10%Aiifeo
® verb 1 ~ sth/sb (by/according to sth) | ~ sth
(as sth)
[often passive] to arrange people or things in groups
according to their ability, quality, size, etc. ( 6A,
ft#: [VN] The
containers are graded according
to size. ® AA
AAo
O Eggs
are graded from small to extra large. ^4$ )k /JIIJ # AA*
^ AM i
U o
0 Responses
were graded from 1 (very satisfied) to 5 (not at all satisfied). 1
( #1tMM ) m 5 { A^Aftli ) o [VN-ADJ] Ten
beaches were graded as
acceptable. A A A ^ Pf S :f
Rf ® 2 (especially NAmE) to give a mark/grade to
a student or to a piece of their written work tn • • • i¥ ^- ^ ffc: [VN] I spent all weekend
grading papers.
O
[VN-N] The best students are
graded A.
ft 5f W ^ £.i¥ A ¥ # o — compare
MARK
V.(6)
graded /'greidid/ adj. arranged in order or in
groups according to difficulty, size, etc. ( ££$£!§;, AA^f ) # %R W: graded tests for
language students iff W ^ -4 A W 0 graded doses of a drug
%}%}$
'grade point average noun [usually sing.] {abbr. GPA) the average of a student’s
marks/grades over a period of time in the
grader /'greid0(r)/ noun {NAmE) 1 first, second, etc. ~ a student who is in
the grade mentioned • ■ • A15. ^ A;: The play is open to
all seventh and eighth graders. Eft A A, o 2 = marker(4)
'grade school noun {informal) = elementary school gra-di-ent /'greidiant/ noun 1 (also grade especially in NAmE) the degree to which the
ground slopes, especially on a road or railway (
14$,
§f|4 If: a steep gradient 0 a hill with
a gradient of 1 in 4 (or
25%) f®#4® A 1:4 ( sR 25% ) W A ill 2 {technical A iff) the rate at which
temperature, pressure, etc. changes, or increases and decreases, between one
region and another (
grad ing /'greidirj/ noun [u] (NAmE) = marking(3) gra-dio-meter /.greidi'Dmit0(r); NAmE -'aim-/ noun 1 {technical Ain) an instrument for
measuring the angle of a slope M ffW it b(. 2 {physics #j) an instrument for
measuring the changes in an energy field It 'grad school noun {NAmE, informal) = graduate
SCHOOL
gradual O-w /'graed3ual/ adj.
1 happening slowly over a long period; not
sudden M
$tW; W: a gradual change in
the climate
H ^ W ^ % 4b 0 Recovery from the
disease is very
gradual. «, EH3 sudden 2 (of
a slope !4$0 not steep ;
Ai^W grad
ual ism /‘graed3U0lizam/
noun [u] a policy of gradual
change in society rather than sudden change or revolution ( *±£i«±W )
►
grad ual ist noun gradually
0-» /'graed3U0li/
adv.
slowly,
over
a long period of time fe; Hr
The weather gradually improved. AA,MHrAfto
►
Gradually, the children began to
understand. ACIHt
gradu ate noun, verb
m noun /'graed3U0t/ (also informal grad especially in NAmE)
~ (in sth) a person who has a university degree A^